Laurus Ryecroft
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B75
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M43 7LJ
- Distance
- 1.8km away
Co-op Academy Failsworth
Brierley Avenue, Failsworth, Manchester, M35 9HA
Local ranking6th of 14 secondary schools in Oldham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 272
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1428
- Boys
- 727 (51%)
- Girls
- 707 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (96% full)
- SEND
- 20.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 47.3%
- EAL
- 7.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 17.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 97.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,001/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
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 79.5%
- Mixed Other: 5.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.4%
- Black African: 3.3%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.0%
- Other: 1.0%
79.5%
White British
5.9%
Mixed Other
3.4%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Brierley Avenue
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 144627
- UKPRN
- 10064476
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST
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