Secondary school in Oldham
Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Off Canon Dolan Way, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL9 9QY
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 17 May 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 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
- 1469
- Places
- 1650
- How full
- 89% full — 1469 of 1650 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 757 / 712
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Oldham 015B, 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
- 32%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 16%
- Households owning their home
- 85%
- Households in social housing
- 3%
- Households with no car
- 11%
- Adults economically inactive
- 34%
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
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Kerry Phillips
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Chadderton South
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- URN
- 149461
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Radclyffe SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Westwood HighOther independent school | No grade | — | 1 mi |
| Darul Hadis Latifiah NorthwestOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.1 mi |
| Ellen House SecondaryOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.1 mi |
| North Chadderton SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 43.8 | 1.2 mi |
| The Brian Clarke Church of England AcademyFree schools | No grade | — | 1.3 mi |
| Dixons Middleton AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 40.3 | 1.3 mi |
| Hulme Grammar SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.4 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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