St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Rochdale, OL16 4RX · Rochdale · secondary school
11th of 11 secondary schools in Rochdale we can score, 13 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 — 2.7/10 against 514 of them, against 1.6/10 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
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 29.0 · 15 | 45% | 0.67 |
| Ofsted | 5 | 40% | 0.22 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 39.7 · 20 | 15% | 0.29 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 29.0% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. The Attainment 8 score was 39.7, compared to the national median of 44.6. Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in March 2022. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (2.7 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.6 out of 10 against all schools).
Getting in. There are 1057 pupils in a school with 1200 places, leaving 143 spare places. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between the current Attainment 8 score and the national median? What specific actions have been taken since the 2022 inspection to address the "Requires improvement" rating? How does the curriculum cater to the diverse needs of the student body?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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