Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,186 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.9
Academy sponsor led
St Anne's Church of England Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 817of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 48.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 154
- Ofsted
- Good, 10 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Queen Elizabeth School (URN 105841).
What the data says
Of the 145 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Anne's Church of England Academy in 2023, 15% moved to a sixth form college, 61% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
14% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.1 against 46.1 across England and 40.6 in Rochdale, with 29% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | This school | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 145 | 2,791 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 82% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 15% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 61% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.1 | 40.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 35% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 55% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 22% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.47 | 3.47 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 49% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.5 | 33.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.4 | 45.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 21% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 151 | 98% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 64% |
| English Literature | 151 | 98% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 71% |
| Mathematics | 150 | 97% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 115 | 75% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 50% |
| History | 72 | 47% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 49% |
| Computer Science | 46 | 30% | 13% | 15% | 30% | 52% |
| Art and Design | 41 | 27% | 7% | 20% | 24% | 80% |
| Photography | 41 | 27% | 6% | 22% | 19% | 98% |
| Drama | 36 | 23% | 7% | 8% | 27% | 50% |
| Chemistry | 34 | 22% | 23% | 32% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 34 | 22% | 23% | 32% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 34 | 22% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 100% |
| Geography | 33 | 21% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| Spanish | 27 | 18% | 19% | 59% | 27% | 85% |
| Psychology | 25 | 16% | 3% | 28% | 22% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 25 | 16% | 31% | 16% | 32% | 76% |
| Polish | 9 | 6% | 1% | 44% | 84% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 7 | 5% | 0% | 29% | 50% | 100% |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 49 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 18 | — | — |
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.