Co-op Academy Failsworth
Academy sponsor led · 1,434 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.0
Academy sponsor led
E-ACT the Oldham Academy North
- Pupils on roll
- 1,258of 1,380 places
- Free school meals
- 49.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 295
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly, 24 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Grange School (URN 105729, until 1 September 2010).
What the data says
E-ACT the Oldham Academy North has no sixth form. Of the 241 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 57% moved to a sixth form college, 29% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 57% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 95% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.2 against 46.1 across England and 42.3 in Oldham, with 44% 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 Oldham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 241 | 3,389 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 5% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 57% | 35% | 13% |
| — further education college | 29% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.2 | 42.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 53% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.36 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 43% | 38% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.2 | 35.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.5 | 46.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 70% | 31% | 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 | 295 | 100% | 88% | 17% | 22% | 74% |
| English Literature | 295 | 100% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 77% |
| English Language | 295 | 100% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 72% |
| Statistics | 280 | 95% | 5% | 4% | 20% | 43% |
| Combined Science | 248 | 84% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 60% |
| History | 226 | 77% | 41% | 20% | 26% | 65% |
| Spanish | 151 | 51% | 19% | 22% | 27% | 85% |
| Art and Design | 67 | 23% | 7% | 21% | 24% | 97% |
| Religious Studies | 53 | 18% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 72% |
| Geography | 52 | 18% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 58% |
| Biology | 46 | 16% | 23% | 63% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 46 | 16% | 23% | 63% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 46 | 16% | 23% | 61% | 46% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 38 | 13% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 63% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 7% | 13% | 50% | 30% | 85% |
| Photography | 16 | 5% | 6% | 6% | 19% | 75% |
| Drama | 9 | 3% | 7% | 33% | 27% | 78% |
| Arabic | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Bengali | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| French | 1 | 0% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 69 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 59 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 44 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 9 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Oldham
Co-Op Academy Waterhead
Academy sponsor led · 761 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.0
E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 975 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.7
North Chadderton School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,524 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Oasis Academy Leesbrook
Free schools · 1,349 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5
Oasis Academy Oldham
Academy sponsor led · 1,415 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
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.