Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,186 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.9
Community special school
Redwood
- Pupils on roll
- 365of 360 places
- Free school meals
- 46.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 54
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 15 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 34 pupils who finished Year 11 at Redwood in 2023, 0% stayed on in Redwood’s own sixth form (Rochdale average 3%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Rochdale and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Redwood | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 34 | 2,791 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 100% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Redwood | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 1.1 | 40.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 35% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 55% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.07 | 3.47 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 61% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 1.3 | 33.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 0.8 | 45.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 28% | 26% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 5 | 9% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| English Language | 4 | 7% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| English Literature | 3 | 6% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Fine Art | 1 | 2% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Rochdale
Dixons Middleton Academy
Academy converter · 1,319 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.3
Falinge Park High School
Academy converter · 1,344 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.5
Hollingworth Academy
Academy converter · 1,331 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.1
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
Voluntary aided school · 768 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.4
Kingsway Park High School
Academy converter · 1,289 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.