Oulder Hill Leadership Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Rochdale
Unique reference
148847
Address
Hudsons Walk, OL11 5EF
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1184 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
31%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.9%
Persistent absence
39.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42.4%
Pakistani 37.5%
Mixed 7.9%
Other White 2.5%
Unclassified 2.4%
African 2%
Other 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.8%
Other Asian 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.1
Local authority average 41.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.57
Local authority average 3.52
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award55
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE44
BiologyGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE47
Design & TechnologyGCSE49
DanceGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE262
English LiteratureGCSE263
FrenchGCSE29
GeographyGCSE145
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Oulder Hill Leadership Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
300
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
176
2nd preference
168
3rd preference
123
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
176
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
10
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 classes25.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
264
144
120
Year 8
179
102
77
Year 9
232
121
111
Year 10
233
107
126
Year 11
276
148
128
Year 2023-2024

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