Whitworth Community High School, ROCHDALE

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Whitworth Community High School from myself, staff, students and Governors. I am very proud to be Headteacher of Whitworth Community High School, especially after previously having served the school in my respective Assistant, Deputy and Associate Headteacher roles."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and rugby.

Coming up: an admissions event on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and an open day on Wednesday 11 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Whitworth Community High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Lancashire and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Lancashire and 47% in England.

That is down from 50.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.08: pupils made about 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 41, against 49.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 165 families put Whitworth Community High School as their first choice and 284 named it as one of their preferences, for 125 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 41 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Whitworth Community High School are Falinge Park High School (2.3 miles, Attainment 8 43.2); Wardle Academy (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6); Oulder Hill Leadership Academy (2.8 miles, Attainment 8 45.8); and The Valley Leadership Academy (3.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 34.3).

Whitworth Community High School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 125 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 58% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

0.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Rochdale Interchange (Manchester Metrolink), about 3 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Whithworth High School (by), 260 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 43 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109).

In 2024/25, Whitworth Community High School issued 75 suspensions, 11.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Whitworth Community High School are St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (0.1 miles); Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth (0.6 miles); Tonacliffe Primary School (0.6 miles); and St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School (1.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.