Kingsway Park High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
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- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Rochdale, OL16 4XA
- Distance
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St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School
Officially St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Shaw Road, Thornham, Rochdale, OL16 4RX
Local ranking13th of 13 secondary schools in Rochdale
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 29 March 2022. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from St Cuthbert's RC High School (URN 105845) since 1 July 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 40.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 197
Destinations
After GCSE 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1057
- Boys
- 496 (48%)
- Girls
- 527 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (85% full)
- SEND
- 21.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 43.8%
- EAL
- 29.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 19.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,387/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
- 10.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- 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: 52.5%
- Black African: 16.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 8.6%
- White Other: 7.4%
- Black Other: 2.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Other: 2.6%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
52.5%
White British
16.4%
Black African
8.6%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Shaw Road
Rochdale, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 149873
- UKPRN
- 10092576
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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