North Chadderton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Dec 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Oldham
Unique reference
141248
Address
Chadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, OL9 0BN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1578 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
47.5%
Girls
52.5%
First language not English
19.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
21%
Persistent absence
25.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.1%
Bangladeshi 17.4%
Mixed 3.7%
Pakistani 3.5%
Other Asian 1.3%
African 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Other White 0.8%
Indian 0.8%
Other 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 32%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.5
Local authority average 43
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

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

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award38
Health StudiesTechnical Award40
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE57
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE52
DanceGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

North Chadderton School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
266
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
308
2nd preference
182
3rd preference
183
From another Local Authority
67
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
255
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes20.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
276
132
144
Year 8
274
131
143
Year 9
272
136
136
Year 10
272
141
131
Year 11
268
127
141
Year 12
115
46
69
Year 13
101
36
65
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
35.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
15.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
15.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
67.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
16.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
8.0%
14.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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