Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Rochdale, OL11 5EF
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Falinge Park High School
Falinge Road, Shawclough, Rochdale, OL12 6LD
Local ranking11th of 13 secondary schools in Rochdale
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1338
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 February 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Falinge Park High School (URN 105837) since 1 November 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
- 43.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 258
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1359
- Boys
- 666 (50%)
- Girls
- 678 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1338 (100% full)
- SEND
- 18.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.8%
- EAL
- 66.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 15.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,103/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
- 10.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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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- Asian Pakistani: 53.9%
- White British: 14.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 13.6%
- Black African: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 2.9%
- Other: 2.3%
- White Other: 1.6%
53.9%
Asian Pakistani
14.7%
White British
13.6%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150227
- UKPRN
- 10093453
- Establishment No.
- 4086
- Trust
- WATERGROVE TRUST
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