Graded inspection · Jan 2023 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 |
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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 entry310 applications · 252 places offered · 156 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.1; Oldham median median 1.5
- 2024 1.1; Oldham median median 1.6
- 2023 1.2; Oldham median median 1.7
- 2022 1.0; Oldham median median 1.4
- 2021 1.0; Oldham median median 1.5
- 2020 1.7; Oldham median median 1.5
- 2019 1.0; Oldham median median 1.4
- This school
- Oldham 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 | 252 | 310 | 1.2 | 156 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2025 | 255 | 280 | 1.1 | 157 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2024 | 289 | 317 | 1.1 | 170 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2023 | 243 | 301 | 1.2 | 172 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2022 | 290 | 301 | 1.0 | 171 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2021 | 257 | 254 | 1.0 | 143 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2020 | 147 | 242 | 1.7 | 82 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2019 | 147 | 144 | 1.0 | 47 | 0.32 |
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.) | 276 | 40.4 | 32% | 49% | – |
| 2024/25 | 152 | 41.5 | 34% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 141 | 41.7 | 38% | 55% | +0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 145 | 42.1 | 32% | 57% | +0.14 |
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
- Oasis Academy LeesbrookThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.2applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · OldhamOutstanding20227.0applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Oldham20262.0applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20255.5applications per place
- 2.9 km · TamesideRemains Outstanding20233.4applications per place 56.0Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · TamesideGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · OldhamGood20241.8applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 3.9 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145723 · 353/4008
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,349 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Address
- Roxbury Avenue, Oldham, OL4 5JE
- Local authority
- Oldham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources