Secondary school in Oldham
Saddleworth School
Huddersfield Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5NU
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 30 January 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1444
- Places
- 1406
- How full
- Full — 1444 pupils against 1406 places
- Girls / boys
- 709 / 735
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Oldham 006B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 38%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 15%
- Households owning their home
- 71%
- Households in social housing
- 13%
- Households with no car
- 22%
- Adults economically inactive
- 45%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Jimmy Christian
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Saddleworth North
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- URN
- 151361
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossley Hollins High SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 2.4 mi |
| Waterhead AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 34 | 2.8 mi |
| Oasis Academy LeesbrookFree schools | Good 2023 | 41.5 | 3.4 mi |
| Sapience Girls AcademyOther independent school | No grade | — | 4 mi |
| St Damian's RC Science CollegeVoluntary aided school | Outstanding 2023 | 55.1 | 4.2 mi |
| E-ACT Royton and Crompton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 38.7 | 4.2 mi |
| The Blue Coat CofE SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2022 | 59.1 | 4.3 mi |
| Westwood Boys SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 4.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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