Mossley Hollins High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ashton-under-Lyne, OL5 9DP
- Distance
- 3.9km away
Saddleworth School
Huddersfield Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5NU
Local ranking13th of 14 secondary schools in Oldham
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1406
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 30 January 2024.
School history and status
Continues from Saddleworth School (URN 105736) since 1 December 2024. 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
- 49.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 267
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1415
- Boys
- 735 (51%)
- Girls
- 709 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1406 (103% full)
- SEND
- 14.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.9%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £3,227/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
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 90.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
90.3%
White British
1.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.6%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Huddersfield Road
Oldham, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 151361
- UKPRN
- 10096587
- Establishment No.
- 4026
- Trust
- CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST
Common questions about Saddleworth School
Explore schools in Oldham
Often compared with
Parents weighing up Saddleworth School usually look at the nearest secondary schools too. Put them side by side on results, inspection and intake.
- C64Mossley Hollins High SchoolCompare side by side
Ashton-under-Lyne · 3.9km away
- F39Co-op Academy StrinesdaleCompare side by side
Oldham · 4.4km away
- C57Oasis Academy LeesbrookCompare side by side
Oldham · 5.6km away
Schools like this
The nearest secondary schools to Saddleworth School
Co-op Academy Strinesdale
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F39
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Oldham, OL4 3NY
- Distance
- 4.4km away
Oasis Academy Leesbrook
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Oldham, OL4 5JE
- Distance
- 5.6km away
St Damian's RC Science College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B74
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8BH
- Distance
- 6.7km away
E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy
Ofsted: Strong
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Oldham, OL2 6NT
- Distance
- 6.8km away
The Blue Coat CofE School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B77
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Oldham, OL1 3SQ
- Distance
- 6.9km away