Saddleworth School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Saddleworth School, inspected in January 2024.

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 2025–26 Saddleworth School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7).

Pupils per teacher

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, 12.6% of pupils at Saddleworth School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.7% 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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All schools in Oldham · Oldham local authority: places and applications

Saddleworth School is part of Cranmer Education Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Mayfield Primary School Oldham
• East Crompton St George's CofE School Oldham
• The Blue Coat CofE School Oldham
• The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy Oldham
• St Matthew's CofE Primary School Oldham
• The Radclyffe School Oldham
• St John's Church of England Primary School, Thornham Slattocks
• St Anne's Church of England Academy Manchester
• Rhodes Green CE Primary School Manchester

What is Saddleworth School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Saddleworth School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in January 2024 of its predecessor, Saddleworth School.

When was Saddleworth School last inspected by Ofsted?

Saddleworth School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Saddleworth School have?

Saddleworth School has 1,444 pupils on roll.

What age range does Saddleworth School cover?

Saddleworth School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Saddleworth School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.2, and 55% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Saddleworth School?

Saddleworth School is at Huddersfield Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5NU.