Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Rochdale
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry488 applications · 171 places offered · 198 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.9; Rochdale median median 2.7
- 2025 2.6; Rochdale median median 2.3
- 2024 2.4; Rochdale median median 2.4
- 2023 2.4; Rochdale median median 2.4
- 2022 2.7; Rochdale median median 2.2
- 2021 1.8; Rochdale median median 2.2
- 2020 2.0; Rochdale median median 2.4
- 2019 1.5; Rochdale median median 1.9
- 2018 1.4; Rochdale median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Rochdale median median 1.7
- 2016 1.8; Rochdale median median 2.0
- 2015 1.6; Rochdale median median 1.8
- 2014 2.0; Rochdale median median 1.8
- This school
- Rochdale median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 171 | 488 | 2.9 | 198 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2025 | 173 | 455 | 2.6 | 166 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 146 | 350 | 2.4 | 104 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2023 | 146 | 355 | 2.4 | 88 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2022 | 111 | 304 | 2.7 | 87 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2021 | 177 | 312 | 1.8 | 109 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2020 | 160 | 323 | 2.0 | 110 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2019 | 153 | 224 | 1.5 | 120 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2018 | 143 | 198 | 1.4 | 105 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2017 | 137 | 229 | 1.7 | 134 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 121 | 217 | 1.8 | 108 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 135 | 220 | 1.6 | 112 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2014 | 101 | 200 | 2.0 | 102 | 1.01 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 169 | 43.3 | 33% | 50% | – |
| 2024/25 | 154 | 44.1 | 29% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 148 | 44.3 | 37% | 59% | −0.34 |
| 2022/23 | 145 | 37.5 | 25% | 39% | −0.69 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Anne's Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.9applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Rochdale20262.9applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Rochdale20262.6applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · RochdaleRequires improvement20231.8applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · RochdaleRemains Good · concerns noted20241.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Rochdale20263.0applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Manchester20252.8applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · RochdaleRemains Good20242.8applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135313 · 354/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 817 on roll
- Free school meals
- 48.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2007
- Replaced
- The Queen Elizabeth School (URN 105841)
- Address
- Hollin Lane, Middleton, Manchester, M24 6XN
- Local authority
- Rochdale
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources