Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Oldham
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 | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry779 applications · 262 places offered · 288 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.4; Oldham median median 1.5
- 2024 2.8; Oldham median median 1.6
- 2023 2.9; Oldham median median 1.7
- 2022 3.4; Oldham median median 1.4
- 2021 3.3; Oldham median median 1.5
- 2020 3.4; Oldham median median 1.5
- 2019 3.5; Oldham median median 1.4
- 2018 3.7; Oldham median median 1.4
- 2017 3.5; Oldham median median 2.0
- 2016 3.8; Oldham median median 2.0
- 2015 3.9; Oldham median median 1.8
- 2014 3.2; Oldham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Oldham median
Dashed bars: as North Chadderton School (URN 105737), the previous school.
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 | 262 | 779 | 3.0 | 288 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 262 | 637 | 2.4 | 220 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 266 | 733 | 2.8 | 308 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2023 | 265 | 771 | 2.9 | 289 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 266 | 897 | 3.4 | 301 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 268 | 882 | 3.3 | 330 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 | 266 | 892 | 3.4 | 283 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2019 | 266 | 941 | 3.5 | 311 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 | 267 | 996 | 3.7 | 337 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2017 | 267 | 921 | 3.5 | 315 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 | 234 | 890 | 3.8 | 339 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2015 | 230 | 895 | 3.9 | 351 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2014 * | 241 | 762 | 3.2 | 311 | 1.29 |
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.) | 273 | 44.4 | 38% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 269 | 43.8 | 32% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 263 | 44.2 | 44% | 68% | −0.28 |
| 2022/23 | 278 | 43.5 | 40% | 69% | −0.33 |
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
- North Chadderton SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · OldhamGood20241.9applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · OldhamImproved significantly20251.8applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- Requires improvement20232.0applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · RochdaleRemains Good · concerns noted20241.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Rochdale20262.9applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20255.5applications per place
- 3.1 km · OldhamOutstanding20227.0applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 38.4Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141248 · 353/4027
- Trust
- The Oak Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,656 pupils · 1,524 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- North Chadderton School (URN 105737)
- Address
- Chadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BN
- Local authority
- Oldham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources