North West
Secondary schools in Oldham
120 schools, 44,261 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 39.8.
Ofsted across Oldham
Good48
Requires improvement10
Outstanding3
No overall grade59
61 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 59 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Oldham
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Blue Coat CofE SchoolAcademy converter | Oldham | Outstanding 2022 | 59.1 |
| E-ACT the Oldham Academy NorthAcademy sponsor led | Oldham | No grade | 48.2 |
| The Crompton House Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Oldham | Good 2024 | 46.8 |
| North Chadderton SchoolAcademy converter | Oldham | No grade | 43.8 |
| Co-op Academy FailsworthAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 43 |
| Oasis Academy OldhamAcademy sponsor led | Oldham | Good 2024 | 42.8 |
| Oasis Academy LeesbrookFree schools | Oldham | Good 2023 | 41.5 |
| The Hathershaw CollegeAcademy converter | Oldham | No grade | 39.3 |
| E-ACT Royton and Crompton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Oldham | No grade | 38.7 |
| Waterhead AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Oldham | No grade | 34 |
| The Brian Clarke Church of England AcademyFree schools | Oldham | No grade | — |
| Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Oldham | Requires improvement 2023 | — |
| Saddleworth SchoolAcademy converter | Oldham | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| The Radclyffe SchoolAcademy converter | Oldham | Good 2024 | — |