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Kingsway Park High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Turf Hill Road, Rochdale OL16 4XA · kingswaypark.org · 01706 716761
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Some aspects not as strong
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Rochdale 40.6, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,289
- 97% of 1,330 places
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 49.5%
- First language not English
- 40.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 206 families put the school first and 230 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 | 230 | 206 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 256 | 223 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 257 | 272 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 268 | 280 | 1▲ | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 264 | 224 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.3, and 18.3% 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
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼18.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼34.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.87 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135795)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 37 | −5.5 |
| Further education | 49.4 | +6.5 |
| Employment | 0.4 | −2.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.8 | +0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 3.4 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Kingsway Park High School was: Some aspects not as strong.
- Outcome
- Some aspects not as strong
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135795), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135795)
Oct 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135795)
What parents said
18% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 18%
- Replies
- 11
- 1% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 82% who had a child bullied