St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary schoolSt Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,023 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), March 2022, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 March 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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 St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy was 37.9, against 43.1 in Rochdale and 46.2 in England.
22.8% 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 | 37.9 | 43.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22.8% | 40.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40.6% | 59.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 197 | – | – |
- 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- Thornham St. James CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, November 20231 km
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, March 20251 km
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BalderstonePrimary. School remains Good, October 20221.2 km
- Kingsway Park High SchoolSecondary. Some aspects not as strong, February 2025. Attainment 8 of 39.2 (2025/26, provisional)1.5 km
- Sandbrook Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Lowerplace Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 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).