Waterhead Academy
Huddersfield Road, Oldham, OL4 3NY
Local ranking10th of 11 secondary schools in Oldham
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 34.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 39.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 42.9%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0
- Cohort Size
- 259
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 947
- Boys
- 463 (49%)
- Girls
- 484 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (63% full)
- SEND
- 22.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 51.5%
- EAL
- 42.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 20.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,614/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.7%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 44.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 28.1%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Other: 4.5%
- Asian Other: 4.3%
- Black Other: 1.8%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
44.2%
White British
28.1%
Asian Pakistani
4.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144508
- UKPRN
- 10063182
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES