Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,186 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.9
Other independent special school
Meadows School
- Pupils on roll
- 10of 26 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 10
- Ofsted
- Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Norden Way (URN 131086, until 31 July 2012); Pleasant Street (URN 131087, until 31 July 2012); Bankfield (URN 131098, until 31 July 2012); Moorgate (URN 131369, until 31 July 2012); Elmsfield (URN 131380, until 31 July 2012); The Croft (URN 131605, until 31 July 2012); Roughbank Farm (URN 133445, until 31 July 2012); Banks Croft School (URN 135574, until 31 July 2012); Rochdale Old Road (URN 135737, until 31 July 2012); Bury Road School (URN 135871, until 31 July 2012); Shawclough (URN 136130, until 31 July 2012); Hollingworth Fold (URN 136132, until 31 July 2012).
What the data says
The Department for Education has not published where Meadows School’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.
Meadows School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 2.2, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.
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.
The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Meadows School | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.2 | 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 | 0.12 | 3.47 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 33.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 45.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | — | 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 | 6 | 60% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Mathematics | 6 | 60% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
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.