# Newhouse Academy

Newhouse Academy is a secondary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 974 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E147875. [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 974
- Council: Rochdale
- URN: 147875

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires 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
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 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

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

- [Hopwood Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hopwood-community-primary-school-e105798): 540 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), January 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-family-roman-catholic-and-church-of-england-college-e131726): 690 m. Secondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-roman-catholic-primary-school-rochdale-a-voluntary-academy-e150675): 690 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2020. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Harwood Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harwood-park-primary-school-e105796): 940 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Woodland Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodland-community-primary-school-e135017): 1.4 km. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Heywood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heywood-academy-e151630): 1.7 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## 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/147875)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147875)

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