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Falinge Park High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Falinge Road, Shawclough, Rochdale OL12 6LD · falingepark.com · 01706 631246
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Concerns
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Rochdale 40.6, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,344
- 6 over 1,338 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 48.5%
- First language not English
- 70.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Watergrove Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 261 families put the school first and 266 places were offered; 97% 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 | 266 | 261 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 263 | 279 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 258 | 264 | 1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 261 | 271 | 1▲ | 83% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 259 | 256 | 1 | 96% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.5, and 36.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼36.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼24.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.37 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105837)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 50.6 | +7.8 |
| Further education | 38.5 | −4.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.8 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.8 | −2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 3.4 | +1.9 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 105837)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 3 February 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Falinge Park High School was: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Concerns
- Inspected
- 2 Feb 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105837)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105837), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105837)
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105837)
Oct 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105837)