# Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School

Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School is a secondary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,186 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E105844. [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,186
- Council: Rochdale
- URN: 105844

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 9 June 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School was 46.0, against 43.1 in Rochdale and 46.2 in England.
42.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Rochdale | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 46.0 | 43.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42.9% | 40.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65.7% | 59.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 210 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Boarshaw Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boarshaw-community-primary-school-e105787): 470 m. Primary. School remains Good, October 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Newlands School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newlands-school-e135201): 500 m. Special. Some aspects not as strong, January 2025
- [St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-fisher-roman-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151820): 510 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2024
- [Hollin Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hollin-primary-school-e105792): 570 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hopwood Hall College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hopwood-hall-college-e130507): 660 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St Anne's Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-annes-church-of-england-academy-e135313): 1.3 km. Secondary. Good (overall), July 2024. Attainment 8 of 43.3 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/105844)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105844)

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/school/cardinal-langley-roman-catholic-high-school-e105844, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/school/cardinal-langley-roman-catholic-high-school-e105844#sc-results.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/cardinal-langley-roman-catholic-high-school-e105844