Graded inspection · May 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 17 May 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, URN 136432
- 9 January 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, URN 136432
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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 entry535 applications · 265 places offered · 186 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Oldham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2024 2.2; Oldham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.2; Oldham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2022 2.5; Oldham median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2021 2.5; Oldham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2020 2.9; Oldham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2019 2.9; Oldham median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2018 2.4; Oldham median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Oldham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Oldham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Oldham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Oldham median
Dashed bars: as Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College (URN 136432), 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 | 265 | 535 | 2.0 | 186 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2025 * | 288 | 560 | 1.9 | 246 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 * | 292 | 641 | 2.2 | 261 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 * | 293 | 655 | 2.2 | 286 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 * | 294 | 740 | 2.5 | 336 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2021 * | 296 | 728 | 2.5 | 303 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 * | 294 | 856 | 2.9 | 378 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2019 * | 295 | 858 | 2.9 | 424 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2018 * | 295 | 719 | 2.4 | 344 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 * | 294 | 627 | 2.1 | 279 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 300 | 638 | 2.1 | 291 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 295 | 510 | 1.7 | 235 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 * | 262 | 449 | 1.7 | 198 | 0.76 |
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.) | 291 | 46.8 | 38% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 * | 293 | 43.7 | 37% | 57% | – |
| 2023/24 * | 297 | 46.2 | 44% | 65% | −0.14 |
| 2022/23 * | 303 | 44.8 | 41% | 65% | −0.27 |
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
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20232.0applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · OldhamGood20241.9applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20255.5applications per place
- 2.1 km · RochdaleRemains Good · concerns noted20241.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · OldhamGood20241.8applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · ManchesterGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · ManchesterRemains Good20242.8applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · OldhamImproved significantly20251.8applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149461 · 353/4608
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,650 pupils · 1,469 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2025
- Replaced
- Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College (URN 136432)
- Address
- Off Canon Dolan Way, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 9QY
- Local authority
- Oldham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources