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E-ACT the Oldham Academy North
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Broadway, Royton, Oldham OL2 5BF · theoldhamacademynorth.e-act.org.uk · 0161 652 2428
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Oldham 42.3, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Oldham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,258
- 91% of 1,380 places
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 49.7%
- First language not English
- 51.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- E-Act
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Oldham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 232 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 232 | 83 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 252 | 113 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 228 | 83 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 193 | 115 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 278 | 122 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.2, and 43.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Oldham it was 42.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ●43.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲68.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲52.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.36 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 7.8 | +2.3 |
| Sixth form college | 50.8 | −6.6 |
| Further education | 30.8 | +4.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.7 | +0.3 |
| Employment | 1.4 | −0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.8 | −1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.7 | +1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 April 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for E-ACT the Oldham Academy North was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (135 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 135
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 35 parents (26%) with SEND