North Chadderton School, Oldham

In 2026, pupils at North Chadderton School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Oldham and 47 across England.

38% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Oldham and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 43.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.28: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 37.7, against 47 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 288 families put North Chadderton School as their first choice and 779 named it as one of their preferences, for 262 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 51 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to North Chadderton School are The Radclyffe School (0.7 miles, Attainment 8 42.2); E-ACT the Oldham Academy North (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.5); Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (1.2 miles, Attainment 8 46.8); and Dixons Middleton Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.9).

North Chadderton School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

North Chadderton School is one of 3 schools run by The Oak Trust, an academy trust.

100 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about North Chadderton School (as of September 2025): 65% would recommend the school, 68% say their child is happy there and 49% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (71%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (49%).

Of the 263 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 40% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 106 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 56% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 5% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 140 pupils (9.2%) received SEN support and 53 (3.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

North Chadderton School has a resourced provision for autism: 25 places, 14 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Mills Hill (Manchester) Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Matthew's Primary School (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood North Chadderton School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, North Chadderton School issued 131 suspensions, 8.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to North Chadderton School are St Matthew's CofE Primary School (under 0.1 miles); Bare Trees Primary School (0.6 miles); St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles); and Mills Hill Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.