Falinge Park High School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Falinge Park High School, inspected in February 2023.

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 Falinge Park High School attended 89.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 30.4% 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, 8.6% of pupils at Falinge Park High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were 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 Falinge Park High School had 15.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% 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, 15.3% of pupils at Falinge Park High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.7% 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.

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Falinge Park High School is part of Watergrove Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Kentmere Primary Academy Rochdale
• Matthew Moss High School Rochdale
• Sandbrook Community Primary School Rochdale
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone Rochdale
• Wardle Academy Rochdale
• St James' Church of England Primary School Rochdale
• Moorhouse Academy Rochdale
• St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Rochdale

What is Falinge Park High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Falinge Park High School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023 of its predecessor, Falinge Park High School.

When was Falinge Park High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Falinge Park High School was last inspected in October 2024.

How many pupils does Falinge Park High School have?

Falinge Park High School has 1,344 pupils on roll.

What age range does Falinge Park High School cover?

Falinge Park High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Falinge Park High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.2, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Falinge Park High School?

Falinge Park High School is at Falinge Road, Shawclough, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 6LD.