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Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Hudsons Walk, Rochdale OL11 5EF · oulderhill-school.com · 01706 645522
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Rochdale 40.6, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,152
- 77% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.3%
- First language not English
- 31.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Star Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 175 families put the school first and 210 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 | 210 | 175 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 225 | 123 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 300 | 176 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 294 | 161 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 178 | 138 | 0.8 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.4, and 46.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ●46.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ●65.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲81.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.13 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105840)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.4 | 0 |
| Sixth form college | 44.9 | −2.8 |
| Further education | 42.6 | +2 |
| Other education | 0.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.1 | −0.8 |
| Employment | 1.1 | +0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.8 | +0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 2.7 | +0.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Oulder Hill Leadership Academy on 7 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105840), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Feb 2020Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105840)
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires 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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105840)
Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105840)
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (161 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 161
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 35 parents (22%) with SEND