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Co-op Academy Strinesdale
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Huddersfield Road, Oldham OL4 3NY · strinesdale.coopacademies.co.uk · 0161 620 5859
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34
- average Attainment 8 score. Oldham 42.3, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Oldham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 761
- 51% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Free school meals
- 54.3%
- First language not English
- 36.9%
- School census 2025/26
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, 61 families put the school first and 83 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 | 83 | 61 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 117 | 82 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 150 | 96 | 0.6 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 148 | 117 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 194 | 146 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34, and 22% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34 | 46 | ||
| ▼22.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼39.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲42.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.98 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136148)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.6 | +2.2 |
| Sixth form college | 35.8 | −7.5 |
| Further education | 46.7 | +5.2 |
| Other education | 0.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.1 | +0.4 |
| Employment | 1.5 | +0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.4 | −3.2 |
| Activity not captured | 6.6 | +2.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Co-op Academy Strinesdale on 14 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136148), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Sept 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
- Oct 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2022Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jun 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136148)
What parents said
47% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 47%
- Replies
- 53
- 6% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 55% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (38%) with SEND