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Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

Oldham, OL9 9QY · Oldham · secondary school

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Ofsted: Requires improvement · 2025 Inspected 1 year ago Mixed Secondary Roman Catholic
2.5/10 Below average

10th of 13 secondary schools in Oldham we can score, 14 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 5.6/10 against 577 of them, against 3.8/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Grade 5+ English & maths 2025/26 38.1 · 33 45% 1.47
Ofsted 5 40% 0.22
Attainment 8 2025/26 46.8 · 54 15% 0.81

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Attainment 8
46.8
2025/26
Demand
×0.7
1st prefs per place, 2026/27
Free school meals
37%
vs 30% across England

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Next dates

  • Secondary application deadline31 Oct 2026
  • Secondary National Offer Day1 Mar 2027
  • Secondary application deadline31 Oct 2027
  • Secondary National Offer Day1 Mar 2028
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