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Hollingworth Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy

Cornfield Street, Milnrow, Rochdale OL16 3DR · hollingworthacademy.co.uk · 01706 292800

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
51.1
average Attainment 8 score. Rochdale 40.6, England 46
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,331
99% of 1,350 places
Local authority
Rochdale
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.4%
First language not English
19.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Hollingworth Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 277 families put the school first and 262 places were offered; 90% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 294 (Places 263)294September 2023: 328 (Places 268)328September 2024: 300 (Places 258)300September 2025: 279 (Places 261)279September 2026: 277 (Places 262)277Places 262
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262622771.1▲90%
September 2025Sept 20252612791.1▲87%
September 2024Sept 20242583001.2▲80%
September 2023Sept 20232683281.2▲78%
September 2022Sept 20222632941.1▲86%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.1, and 59.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Rochdale it was 40.6, and across England 46.

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 50.8 (England 46.3)50.82017/18: 52.9 (England 46.5)52.92018/19: 49.2 (England 46.7)49.22021/22: 48.5 (England 48.8)48.52022/23: 45.3 (England 46.3)45.32023/24: 45.9 (England 45.9)45.92024/25: 51.1 (England 46.0)51.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲51.146.0
▲59.8%45.4%
▲79.7%64.8%
▼22.2%40.5%
▲4.484.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form0.4−1.2
Sixth form college39.2−4.2
Further education45.7+7.4
Other education0.8+0.4
Apprenticeship5.3−1
Employment1.9−0.4
Not in a lasting destination4.9−2.1
Activity not captured1.9+1.1

Ofsted

Hollingworth Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
6 Dec 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2008

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2008Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Nov 2005Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (81 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
83%
Replies
81
6% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼83% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●87% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●84% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲91% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well●85% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼61% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼74% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼83% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼70% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼64% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 80% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲51% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 37% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼55% agreeEngland 67%

based on 20 parents (25%) with SEND

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