# Hollinwood Academy

Hollinwood Academy is a special school in Oldham, for pupils aged 4 to 19.

It had 294 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E140388. [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Academy special sponsor led
- Ages: 4 to 19
- Pupils: 294
- Council: Oldham
- URN: 140388

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Outstanding, April 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, 17 April 2024
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 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Hollinwood Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Oldham and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Hollinwood Academy was 14.2, against 42.6 in Oldham and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Oldham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 4% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 93 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 88 | 104 | 105 |

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

| Measure | This school | Oldham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 14.2 | 42.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 39.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 58.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 36 | – | – |

Hollinwood Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
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.

- [New Bridge School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-bridge-school-e138697): 130 m. Special. Standards maintained, February 2025
- [Higher Failsworth Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/higher-failsworth-primary-school-e134784): 670 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2024. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Oasis Academy Limeside](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-limeside-e137479): 690 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2024. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-margarets-cofe-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e105705): 790 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Holy Family RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-family-rc-primary-school-e149454): 850 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Limehurst Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/limehurst-community-primary-school-e105638): 940 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2024. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/140388)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140388)

## How to cite

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