Saddleworth School

Type	Secondary / Community school
Age Range	11-16
Religion	Does not apply
Address	Huddersfield Road Diggle Oldham OL3 5NU
Phone	01457872072
Reference Number	105736

General Makeup

Number of pupils	1418
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 49.72% Girls: 50.28%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	20.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	2.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes

24

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
7	144	144	288
8	157	142	299
9	138	140	278
10	127	147	274
11	139	140	279

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	88.8%
Unclassified	2.5%
White & Black (Caribbean)	1.6%
White, Other	1.4%
Pakistani	1.3%
White & Asian	1.2%
Mixed, Other	1.1%
Asian, Other	0.9%
White & Black (African)	0.6%
Chinese	0.1%
African	0.1%
Caribbean	0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating	Requires Improvement
> Quality of education	Requires Improvement
> Behaviour & Attitude	Requires Improvement
> Personal Development	Requires Improvement
> Leadership & Management	Requires Improvement
Last Inspection Date	2024-04-25

Date	Description	Report
2024-01-30	School inspection:	School inspection:
2018-03-21	Short inspection	Short inspection
2015-03-10	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2014-11-11	Curriculum and development visit	Curriculum and development visit
2010-12-09	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2009-11-03	Curriculum and development visit	Curriculum and development visit
2008-11-17	Curriculum and development visit	Curriculum and development visit
2007-09-12	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2007-03-19	Curriculum and development visit	Curriculum and development visit
2005-02-07	Full inspection	Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

English
Maths
3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths	53.6%	Unlock	Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C)	69.4%	Unlock	Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score	Percentile (loc)	Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

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Progress 8 Score

Note: Exam results were not published in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic.

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

	Number of Applications	Number of Offers
First Preference	Unlock	Unlock
Second Preference	138	16
Third Preference	82	9
From another Local Authority	77	14

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name	Distance
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Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School Delph New Road, Dobcross, Oldham, Lancashire, OL3 5BP	0.68 miles
Greenfield Primary School Shaw Street, Greenfield, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 7AA	1 miles
Diggle School Sam Road, Diggle, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 5PU	1.26 miles
Greenfield St Mary's CofE School Manchester Road, Greenfield, Oldham, Lancashire, OL3 7DW	1.32 miles
Delph Primary School Denshaw Road, Delph, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 5HN	1.56 miles
Friezland Primary School Church Road, Greenfield, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 7LN	1.59 miles
St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School Cedar Lane, Grasscroft, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 4DS	1.72 miles
Knowsley Junior School Stoneleigh Road, Springhead, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 4BH	2.25 miles
Springhead Infant and Nursery School Cooper Street, Springhead, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 4QT	2.43 miles
Milton St John's CofE Primary School Mill Lane, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 0BN	2.6 miles
St Agnes CofE Primary School Knolls Lane, Lees, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 5RU	2.72 miles
Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School The Rowans, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 9DR	2.73 miles
St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy Rowland Way, Lees, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 3LQ	2.87 miles
Hey-with-Zion Primary School Rowland Way, Lees, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 3LQ	2.89 miles
St Joseph's RC Primary School Market Street, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 0ES	2.91 miles
St George's CofE Primary School Stamford Street, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 0HT	3.03 miles
St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School Thomas Street, Lees, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 5AT	3.06 miles
Christ Church CofE Primary School Delph Road, Delph Road, Oldham, Lancashire, OL3 5RY	3.09 miles
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Name	Distance
Bright Futures School Friezland Lane, Greenfield, Oldham, Oldham NOT BOLTON, Lancashire, OL3 7EU	1.34 miles
Mossley Hollins High School Huddersfield Road, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 9DP	2.41 miles
Waterhead Academy Huddersfield Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 3NY	2.75 miles
Oasis Academy Leesbrook Roxbury Avenue, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 5JE	3.45 miles
Sapience Girls Academy 319 Waterloo Street, Glodwick, Oldham, OL4 1ER	4.01 miles
St Damian's RC Science College Lees Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 8BH	4.17 miles
E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy Blackshaw Lane, Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL2 6NT	4.24 miles
The Blue Coat CofE School Egerton Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3SQ	4.28 miles
Westwood Boys School 121 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1TE	4.33 miles
Great Academy Ashton Broadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 8RF	4.55 miles
Samuel Laycock School Broadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 8RF	4.56 miles
The Springboard Project 2 Medtia Square, Phoenix Street, Oldham, OL1 1AN	4.6 miles
Copley Academy Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 3RR	4.7 miles
The Crompton House Church of England Academy Rochdale Road, Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire, OL2 7HS	4.75 miles
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Oldham Sixth Form College Union Street West, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 1XU	4.8 miles
The Oldham College Rochdale Road, Oldham, Lancashire, OL9 6AA	4.81 miles
The Hathershaw College Bellfield Avenue, Hathershaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 3EP	4.88 miles
The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy Bloom Street, Oldham, OL9 6BP	4.89 miles

Saddleworth School

General Makeup

Class Sizes

Year Groups

Ethnicities

Attainment 8 Score

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

Attainment 8 Score

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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2024 Admissions

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Age Range

Special Schools

Independent Schools

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Key Stage 2 Attainment

Students Meeting expected standard

Students Meeting higher standard

GCSE Attainment

Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)