# Oulder Hill Leadership Academy

Oulder Hill Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,152 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E148847. [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,152
- Council: Rochdale
- URN: 148847

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 7 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- 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 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy was 45.8, against 43.1 in Rochdale and 46.2 in England.
50.6% 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 | 45.8 | 43.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50.6% | 40.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67.5% | 59.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 231 | – | – |

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.

- [Redwood](https://openindex.co.uk/school/redwood-e135202): 80 m. Special. School remains Good, June 2022
- [St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-vincent-de-paul-roman-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151682): 820 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), September 2023, before the school changed
- [Caldershaw Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caldershaw-primary-school-e151825): 820 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), April 2024, before the school changed
- [Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/meanwood-community-nursery-and-primary-school-e105773): 900 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Spotland Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spotland-primary-academy-e151640): 1.3 km. Primary. Inadequate (overall), July 2024, before the school changed, special measures
- [Bamford Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bamford-academy-e137471): 1.3 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 50% 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/148847)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148847)

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