Falinge Park High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Rochdale, OL12 6LD
- Distance
- 3.3km away
Wardle Academy
Birch Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9RD
Local ranking7th of 13 secondary schools in Rochdale
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 20 October 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 286
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1364
- Boys
- 700 (51%)
- Girls
- 666 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (114% full)
- SEND
- 17.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.9%
- EAL
- 10.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,151/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 80.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
80.2%
White British
8.7%
Asian Pakistani
2.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140055
- UKPRN
- 10043068
- Establishment No.
- 5400
- Trust
- WATERGROVE TRUST
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