Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C57
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Heywood, OL10 2AA
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Newhouse Academy
Newhouse Road, Heywood, OL10 2NT
Local ranking10th of 13 secondary schools in Rochdale
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 15 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 180
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 980
- Boys
- 503 (52%)
- Girls
- 471 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (93% full)
- SEND
- 18.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.7%
- EAL
- 12.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,487/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
- 9.1% 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: 75.7%
- Black African: 5.1%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Other: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
75.7%
White British
5.1%
Black African
3.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Newhouse Road
Heywood, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 147875
- UKPRN
- 10085861
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- HOLLINGWORTH LEARNING TRUST
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