Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Oldham
Unique reference
136432
Address
Broadway, Chadderton, OL9 9QY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1501 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.2%
Girls
51.8%
First language not English
25.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.6%
Persistent absence
25.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.4%
Mixed 10.5%
African 9.5%
Pakistani 5.9%
Other White 3.9%
Bangladeshi 2.5%
Other Black 1.7%
Other 1.5%
Indian 1.3%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 43
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 3.69
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award81
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award83
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE48
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE301
English LiteratureGCSE301
FrenchGCSE134
GeographyGCSE152
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
292
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
261
2nd preference
205
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
79
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
224
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
302
149
153
Year 8
300
136
164
Year 9
301
151
150
Year 10
299
145
154
Year 11
299
142
157
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
35.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
15.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
37.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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