Co-op Academy Failsworth
Academy sponsor led · 1,434 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.0
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The Hathershaw College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,034of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 54.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 213
- Ofsted
- Report card, 14 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Hathershaw College of Technology & Sport (URN 105730, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
The Hathershaw College has no sixth form. Of the 211 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 52% moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 52% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 61% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.3 against 46.1 across England and 42.3 in Oldham, with 27% 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 | The Hathershaw College | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 211 | 3,389 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 52% | 35% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Hathershaw College | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.3 | 42.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 36% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.52 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 43% | 38% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.8 | 35.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.0 | 46.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 50% | 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 | 212 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 58% |
| English Literature | 211 | 99% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 54% |
| English Language | 211 | 99% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 49% |
| Combined Science | 182 | 85% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 41% |
| Design and Technology | 129 | 61% | 11% | 9% | 23% | 45% |
| Geography | 112 | 53% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 38% |
| History | 97 | 46% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 45% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 81 | 38% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 70% |
| French | 71 | 33% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 72% |
| Business Studies | 60 | 28% | 18% | 2% | 20% | 25% |
| Psychology | 51 | 24% | 3% | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| Fine Art | 38 | 18% | 9% | 5% | 28% | 47% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 14% | 23% | 48% | 47% | 93% |
| Biology | 29 | 14% | 23% | 59% | 45% | 97% |
| Physics | 29 | 14% | 23% | 38% | 46% | 97% |
| Media Studies | 24 | 11% | 4% | 17% | 20% | 46% |
| Computer Science | 24 | 11% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 21% |
| Religious Studies | 17 | 8% | 31% | 12% | 32% | 65% |
| Music | 6 | 3% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| Italian | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Spanish | 3 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 43 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 25 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
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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.