Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College

Type Secondary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 11-16
Religion Roman Catholic/Church of England
Address Pot Hall
Wilton Grove
Heywood
Lancashire
OL10 2AA
Phone 01706360607
Reference Number 131726

General Makeup

Number of pupils 749
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.4%
Girls: 48.6%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 19.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 10%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 67 88 155
8 79 72 151
9 82 65 147
10 77 70 147
11 80 69 149

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83%
White, Other 4.7%
African 2.5%
Mixed, Other 2.3%
Unclassified 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
White & Asian 0.7%
Irish 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-03-28
Date Description Report
2022-01-25 School inspection School inspection
2017-02-28 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-05-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-07-08 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 52.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 63.1% 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

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

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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.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 113 8
Third Preference 63 1
From another Local Authority 3 2

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Name Distance
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy
Pot Hall, Wilton Grove, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2AA
0 miles
Harwood Park Primary School
Hardfield Street, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 1DG
0.43 miles
Woodland Community Primary School
Regent Street, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 3BX
0.45 miles
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Heys Lane, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 3RD
0.66 miles
Hopwood Community Primary School
Magdala Street, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2HN
0.67 miles
St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Queen's Park Road, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 4XB
0.87 miles
All Souls Church of England Primary School
Rye Street, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 4DF
1.1 miles
Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Sutherland Road, Darnhill, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 3PD
1.11 miles
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford
Bury and Rochdale Old Road, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 4BB
1.29 miles
St Edward's Church of England Primary School
Hanover Street, Castleton, St. Edward's Church of England Primary School, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 3AR
1.79 miles
Fairfield Community Primary School
Rochdale Old Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 7SD
1.82 miles
Bowlee Park Community Primary School
Windermere Road, Langley, Manchester, M24 4LA
1.99 miles
Bamford Academy
Belgium Street, Rochdale, Manchester, Lancashire, OL11 5PS
2.03 miles
St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale
Vicarage Road South, Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 2TN
2.06 miles
Castleton Primary School
Hillcrest Road, Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 2QD
2.14 miles
East Ward Community Primary School
Willow Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 7QZ
2.16 miles
Newlands School
Waverley Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 6JG
2.17 miles
Hollin Primary School
Waverley Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 6JG
2.2 miles
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton
Wood Street, Langley, Middleton, Manchester, M24 5GL
2.21 miles
Hoyle Nursery School
Chesham Fold Road, Bury, BL9 6HR
2.25 miles
Name Distance
Newhouse Academy
Newhouse Road, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2NT
0.43 miles
St Anne's Church of England Academy
Hollin Lane, Middleton, Manchester, M24 6XN
1.64 miles
Matthew Moss High School
Matthew Moss Lane, Marland, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 3LU
1.79 miles
Hopwood Hall College
Middleton Campus, Rochdale Road, Middleton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M24 6XH
1.9 miles
Edgar Wood Academy
Heywood Old Road, Heywood, OL10 2QN
1.94 miles
Hazel Wood High School
Hazel Avenue, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 7QT
2.09 miles
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Rochdale Road, Middleton, Manchester, Lancashire, M24 2GL
2.29 miles
Cambian Chesham House School
Chesham House, Thrush Drive, Bury, BL9 6JD
2.34 miles
Unsworth Academy
Parr Lane, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 8LP
2.57 miles
Brookhaven School
Parr Lane, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 8LP
2.6 miles
Redwood
Hudsons Walk, Rochdale, OL11 5EW
2.6 miles
Elizabeth House School
Wentworth Close, Middleton, Manchester, M24 4BD
2.61 miles
Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
Hudsons Walk, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 5EF
2.63 miles
Beech House School
184 Manchester Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 4JQ
2.91 miles
Bury College
Market Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0BG
2.95 miles
Holy Cross College
169 Manchester Road, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 9BB
3.05 miles
Bury Church of England High School
Haslam Brow, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0TS
3.23 miles
Middleton Technology School
Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2GT
3.24 miles
Rochdale Sixth Form College
College Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 6HY
3.25 miles
Bury Grammar Schools
Tenterden Street, Bury, BL9 0HN
3.25 miles
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