Newhouse Academy
Secondary schoolNewhouse Academy is a secondary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 974 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), November 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Newhouse Academy was 44.0, against 43.1 in Rochdale and 46.2 in England.
41.1% 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 | 44.0 | 43.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41.1% | 40.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64.4% | 59.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 180 | – | – |
- 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
In a straight line- Hopwood Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)540 m
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England CollegeSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional)690 m
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, February 2020. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Harwood Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Woodland Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Heywood AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Rochdale
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).