# Saddleworth School

Saddleworth School is a secondary school in Oldham, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,444 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E151361. [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,444
- Council: Oldham
- URN: 151361

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), January 2024, before the school changed
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 30 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Requires improvement
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
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 Saddleworth School was 49.2, against 42.6 in Oldham and 46.2 in England.
54.7% 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 | Oldham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.2 | 42.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54.7% | 39.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77.5% | 58.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 267 | – | – |

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.

- [St Chad's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-chads-church-of-england-primary-school-e140589): 350 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-cofe-dobcross-primary-school-e152193): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2023
- [Greenfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenfield-primary-school-e105667): 1.6 km. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 65% 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/151361)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/151361)

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