North Chadderton School
Chadderton Hall Road, Oldham, OL9 0BN
1,524 pupils · 92% of 1,656 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE OAK TRUST
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.6%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 November 2024, published 8 December 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 32% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 59.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 23% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.1 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 262 | 288 | 779 | 262 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 262 | 220 | 637 | 262 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 266 | 308 | 733 | 266 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 265 | 289 | 771 | 265 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 266 | 301 | 897 | 266 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 268 | 330 | 882 | 268 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 266 | 283 | 892 | 266 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 266 | 311 | 941 | 266 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Radclyffe School 1.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- E-ACT the Oldham Academy North 1.8 km · Improved significantly (2025)
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.9 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Dixons Middleton Academy 2.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy 2.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.