E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy

E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy is a secondary comprehensive school within the E-ACT multi-academy trust. Inspectors found pupils are proud ambassadors for the school, behave exemplary and benefit from calm, respectful relationships with staff. The school has high expectations, accurately identifies and supports pupils with SEND, and most pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve well. Personal development is a particular strength and prepares pupils exceptionally well for adulthood through character education, mental health support, careers guidance and a wide range of enrichment opportunities.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud ambassadors who contribute to a calm and respectful atmosphere.
• Pupils form trusting relationships with staff and are happy at school.
• The school sets extremely high expectations and most pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve well.
• Pupils with SEND are identified accurately and receive effective support.
• Personal development is exemplary and prepares pupils exceptionally well for adulthood.
• Pupils benefit from an extensive range of enrichment, leadership and club opportunities.
• Reading is a strength, with effective support for pupils who need help to become fluent readers.
• Pupils' conduct is exemplary and attendance is good, with effective support for those who need it.
• Careers education is comprehensive and pupils move on to appropriate destinations.
• Leaders and trustees have a precise understanding of the school and provide robust support and challenge.
• The curriculum is ambitious and staff generally have strong subject knowledge and training.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• At times, teaching does not address gaps or misconceptions, so some pupils move on to new learning before they are ready.
• Some learning activities do not help pupils learn the curriculum in sufficient depth, which limits achievement for some pupils.
• Published 2024 Year 11 attainment was significantly below the national average, although the school has ensured most current pupils achieve well.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.1% of pupils at E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.2% of pupils at E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy received £8,781 and spent £8,515 for each of its 1,001 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,075,000 (£1,074 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of E-Act, income was £8,727 and spending £8,448 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Oldham · Oldham local authority: places and applications

E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy is part of E-Act, which runs 37 schools. The nearest others:

• E-ACT the Oldham Academy North Oldham
• E-ACT Blackley Academy Manchester
• E-Act Parkwood Academy Sheffield
• E-ACT Pathways Academy Sheffield
• Willenhall E-ACT Academy Willenhall
• Reedswood E-ACT Academy Walsall
• West Walsall E-ACT Academy Walsall
• E-ACT North Birmingham Academy Birmingham
• Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy Birmingham
• E-ACT Nechells Academy Birmingham

What is E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy is Good, from an inspection in October 2025.

When was E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy was last inspected in October 2025.

How many pupils does E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy have?

E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy has 975 pupils on roll.

What age range does E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy cover?

E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 38.4, and 32% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy?

E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy is at Blackshaw Lane, Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL2 6NT.