Secondary school

Saddleworth School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Oldham
  • OL3 5NU
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Jan 2024

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,309 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 40%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 33%33%2016/17: top 33%2017/18: top 41%2018/19: top 52%2021/22: top 66%2022/23: top 60%2023/24: top 32%32% · 2023/242024/25: top 40%No exams

Against North West

Attainment 847.5 · North West 44.47/10 Above+24 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths53.4% · North West 40%8/10 Above+19.3 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.13 · North West 3.827/10 Above+24.3 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.01 · North West −0.167/10 Above+45.7 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 52.6 · 264 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 49.2 · 268 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 47.6 · 270 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 45.8 · 265 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 45.4 · 274 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 44.1 · 275 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 49.3 · 278 pupils · North West 442024/25: 47.5 · 264 pupils · North West 44.452.644.1No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 51% · 268 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 46% · 270 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 45% · 265 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 49% · 274 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 40% · 275 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 53.6% · 278 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 53.4% · 264 pupils · North West 40%53.6%40%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in96.3%
258 of 268 who put it first2014 · 85.1%2026 · 96.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st268258
2nd13227
3rd967

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2024

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2015Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  5. 2024Requires improvementas predecessor

0 strong areas

4 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,444
Free school meals (past 6 years)23.9%
First language not English1.8%
SEN support11.2%
EHC plan3.0%
Absence (sessions missed)8.6%
Persistently absent pupils23.2%

Girls 49.5%Boys 50.5%

102.7% full · 1,406 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.1
Pupils per adult12.0
  • Classroom teachers 75.5
  • Leadership 8.7
  • Teaching assistants 24.2
  • Other support 45.3

Teachers 84.2 FTE · Whole workforce 153.8 · 165 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 5 months.

  • −£472,000revenue reserve
  • −£136,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST (10 academies) · trust reserve £4,985,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

278 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95%
  • Education86.7%
  • Apprenticeship5.8%
  • Employment2.5%
  • Not sustained3.2%
  • Unknown1.8%