# Wardle Academy

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

It had 1,366 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E140055. [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,366
- Council: Rochdale
- URN: 140055

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, October 2022
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 20 October 2022
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 Wardle Academy was 44.6, against 43.1 in Rochdale and 46.2 in England.
37.8% 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 | 44.6 | 43.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37.8% | 40.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58.7% | 59.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 286 | – | – |

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 Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-church-of-england-primary-school-and-nursery-e144690): 630 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St James' Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-james-church-of-england-primary-school-e144689): 760 m. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Great Howarth School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-howarth-school-e135753): 880 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Meadows School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/meadows-school-e136257): 940 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Kentmere Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kentmere-primary-academy-e141400): 1.3 km. Primary. School remains Outstanding, July 2024. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alice-ingham-roman-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e144982): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024. 55% 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/140055)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140055)

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