Graded inspection · Jun 2025 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry1,241 applications · 224 places offered · 458 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 5.5; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2025 5.0; Oldham median median 1.5
- 2024 4.8; Oldham median median 1.6
- 2023 3.3; Oldham median median 1.7
- 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 | 224 | 1,241 | 5.5 | 458 | 2.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 228 | 1,134 | 5.0 | 461 | 2.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 232 | 1,104 | 4.8 | 484 | 2.09 |
| Sep 2023 | 236 | 780 | 3.3 | 270 | 1.14 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Brian Clarke Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20255.5applications per place
- 1.1 km · OldhamOutstanding20227.0applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- Requires improvement20232.0applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · OldhamImproved significantly20251.8applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · OldhamGood20241.8applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · OldhamGood20241.9applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Oldham20262.0applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · OldhamGood20231.2applications per place 40.4Attainment 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
- 149137 · 353/4012
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 950 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2022
- Address
- Bloom Street, Shaw, Oldham, OL9 6BP
- Local authority
- Oldham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources