The Blue Coat CofE School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B77
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Oldham, OL1 3SQ
- Distance
- 1.1km away
The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
Bloom Street, Shaw, Oldham, OL9 6BP
Local ranking11th of 11 secondary schools in Oldham
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 719
- Boys
- 349 (49%)
- Girls
- 370 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (60% full)
- SEND
- 15.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.5%
- EAL
- 33.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 12.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,676/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 33.4%
- White British: 26.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 14.0%
- Black African: 10.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 1.8%
33.4%
Asian Pakistani
26.1%
White British
14.0%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 149137
- UKPRN
- 10090891
- Establishment No.
- 4012
- Trust
- CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST
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