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Secondary schools in Rochdale

Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.

What the data says

Rochdale has 13 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 2,791 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 85% stayed in education (England 86%): 3% in a school sixth form, 32% at a sixth form college, 48% at a further education college.

3% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.

After sixth form, 35% of students in Rochdale went to university (England 37%), and 14% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).

GCSE results in 2025: Attainment 8 of 40.6 against 46.1 for England; 35% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%).

After Year 11: Rochdale against England

Rochdale
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRochdaleEngland
Pupils in the cohort2,791607,348
Stayed in education85%86%
— school sixth form3%34%
— sixth form college32%13%
— further education college48%37%
Apprenticeship3%3%
Employment2%3%
No sustained destination7%6%

Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went

One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.

Oulder Hill Leadership Academy → Sixth form college: about 121 pupils (43% of 282)Oulder Hill Leadership Academy → Further education college: about 121 pupils (43% of 282)Oulder Hill Leadership Academy → Apprenticeship: about 8 pupils (3% of 282)Oulder Hill Leadership Academy → Employment: about 3 pupils (1% of 282)Oulder Hill Leadership Academy → No sustained destination: about 17 pupils (6% of 282)Dixons Middleton Academy → School sixth form: about 8 pupils (3% of 271)Dixons Middleton Academy → Sixth form college: about 65 pupils (24% of 271)Dixons Middleton Academy → Further education college: about 152 pupils (56% of 271)Dixons Middleton Academy → Apprenticeship: about 14 pupils (5% of 271)Dixons Middleton Academy → Employment: about 3 pupils (1% of 271)Dixons Middleton Academy → No sustained destination: about 19 pupils (7% of 271)Kingsway Park High School → Sixth form college: about 119 pupils (44% of 270)Kingsway Park High School → Further education college: about 127 pupils (47% of 270)Kingsway Park High School → Employment: about 3 pupils (1% of 270)Kingsway Park High School → No sustained destination: about 14 pupils (5% of 270)Hollingworth Academy → School sixth form: about 3 pupils (1% of 269)Hollingworth Academy → Sixth form college: about 108 pupils (40% of 269)Hollingworth Academy → Further education college: about 113 pupils (42% of 269)Hollingworth Academy → Apprenticeship: about 11 pupils (4% of 269)Hollingworth Academy → Employment: about 8 pupils (3% of 269)Hollingworth Academy → No sustained destination: about 19 pupils (7% of 269)Falinge Park High School → Sixth form college: about 119 pupils (45% of 264)Falinge Park High School → Further education college: about 119 pupils (45% of 264)Falinge Park High School → Other education: about 3 pupils (1% of 264)Falinge Park High School → Employment: about 3 pupils (1% of 264)Falinge Park High School → No sustained destination: about 13 pupils (5% of 264)Wardle Academy → Sixth form college: about 86 pupils (38% of 226)Wardle Academy → Further education college: about 113 pupils (50% of 226)Wardle Academy → Apprenticeship: about 14 pupils (6% of 226)Wardle Academy → Employment: about 5 pupils (2% of 226)Wardle Academy → No sustained destination: about 9 pupils (4% of 226)Matthew Moss High School → Sixth form college: about 99 pupils (45% of 221)Matthew Moss High School → Further education college: about 91 pupils (41% of 221)Matthew Moss High School → Apprenticeship: about 2 pupils (1% of 221)Matthew Moss High School → No sustained destination: about 24 pupils (11% of 221)Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School → School sixth form: about 69 pupils (33% of 209)Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School → Sixth form college: about 25 pupils (12% of 209)Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School → Further education college: about 90 pupils (43% of 209)Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School → Apprenticeship: about 8 pupils (4% of 209)Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School → Employment: about 4 pupils (2% of 209)Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School → No sustained destination: about 8 pupils (4% of 209)Newhouse Academy → Sixth form college: about 36 pupils (18% of 201)Newhouse Academy → Further education college: about 123 pupils (61% of 201)Newhouse Academy → Apprenticeship: about 10 pupils (5% of 201)Newhouse Academy → Employment: about 4 pupils (2% of 201)Newhouse Academy → No sustained destination: about 14 pupils (7% of 201)Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College → School sixth form: about 3 pupils (2% of 148)Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College → Sixth form college: about 41 pupils (28% of 148)Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College → Further education college: about 84 pupils (57% of 148)Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College → Other education: about 1 pupils (1% of 148)Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College → Apprenticeship: about 4 pupils (3% of 148)Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College → Employment: about 6 pupils (4% of 148)Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College → No sustained destination: about 6 pupils (4% of 148)St Anne's Church of England Academy → Sixth form college: about 22 pupils (15% of 145)St Anne's Church of England Academy → Further education college: about 88 pupils (61% of 145)St Anne's Church of England Academy → Apprenticeship: about 1 pupils (1% of 145)St Anne's Church of England Academy → Employment: about 9 pupils (6% of 145)St Anne's Church of England Academy → No sustained destination: about 20 pupils (14% of 145)Oulder Hill Leadership Academy: 282 pupilsOulder Hill Leadership Academy 282Dixons Middleton Academy: 271 pupilsDixons Middleton Academy 271Kingsway Park High School: 270 pupilsKingsway Park High School 270Hollingworth Academy: 269 pupilsHollingworth Academy 269Falinge Park High School: 264 pupilsFalinge Park High School 264Wardle Academy: 226 pupilsWardle Academy 226Matthew Moss High School: 221 pupilsMatthew Moss High School 221Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School: 209 pupilsCardinal Langley Roman Catholic H… 209Newhouse Academy: 201 pupilsNewhouse Academy 201Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College: 148 pupilsHoly Family Roman Catholic and Ch… 148St Anne's Church of England Academy: 145 pupilsSt Anne's Church of England Acade… 145School sixth form: 83 pupils (3% of Rochdale’s leavers)Sixth form college: 841 pupils (34% of Rochdale’s leavers)Sixth form college 841Further education college: 1,221 pupils (49% of Rochdale’s leavers)Further education college 1,221Other education: 4 pupils (0% of Rochdale’s leavers)Apprenticeship: 72 pupils (3% of Rochdale’s leavers)Employment: 48 pupils (2% of Rochdale’s leavers)No sustained destination: 163 pupils (7% of Rochdale’s leavers)No sustained destination 163
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination

Map of secondary schools in Rochdale

Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.

State-funded secondary schools (13)

Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school · sixth form1,18687%33%43%4%46%40.932%
Dixons Middleton AcademyAcademy converter1,31984%3%56%5%—40.334%
Edgar Wood AcademyFree schools729———————
Falinge Park High SchoolAcademy converter1,34492%—45%——40.536%
Hollingworth AcademyAcademy converter1,33183%1%42%4%—51.160%
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England CollegeVoluntary aided school76889%2%57%3%—43.444%
Kingsway Park High SchoolAcademy converter1,28991%0%47%0%—35.318%
Matthew Moss High SchoolAcademy converter1,19886%—41%1%—39.434%
Newhouse AcademyAcademy sponsor led97480%—61%5%—38.930%
Oulder Hill Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led1,15287%—43%3%—44.446%
St Anne's Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led81776%0%61%1%—44.129%
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led1,023—————39.729%
Wardle AcademyAcademy converter1,36688%—50%6%—44.139%

Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (9)

SchoolPupilsStayed in educationSchool sixth formFE collegeApprenticeshipTo universityAttainment 85+ Eng & maths
Hopwood Hall Collegecollege · Further education—————15%——
Beech House Schoolindependent · Other independent school135—————54.058%
Elizabeth House Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form5———————
Rochdale Islamic Academyindependent · Other independent school80—————48.351%
Rochdale Sixth Form Collegesixth form · Academy 16-19 converter · sixth form0————65%——
Brookland Schoolspecial · Other independent special school29—————7.10%
Meadows Schoolspecial · Other independent special school10—————2.20%
Oak Haven Schoolspecial · Community special school9847%0%42%0%—1.00%
Redwoodspecial · Community special school · sixth form365100%0%0%0%—1.10%

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