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Hollinwood Academy

Special / other · Oldham · OL8 3PT

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 17 April 2024

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At a glance

294 pupils · 105% of 280 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy special sponsor led
Age range
4–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
46% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
98.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.hollinwoodacademy.org
URN
140388

In figures

Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 0.642 miles, the only Year 7 round we hold for it. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 17 April 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 11.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 4
1.202 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry) lived within 0.642 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

18 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

No pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (0%). Key stage 2 tests measure the age-11 curriculum; most pupils at special schools are assessed under other frameworks, so 97% of special schools publish 0% here.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
18.4
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
0%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
0%
EBacc average point score
2

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means National averages are not shown here. The England figures are dominated by mainstream schools, and pupils at a special school are working towards outcomes those measures were not designed to capture, so the comparison would mislead more than it tells you.

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 80% (Oldham 59%, England 66%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Oldham 13%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Oldham 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Oldham 2%, England 4%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Oldham 9%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Oldham 1%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Oldham 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Oldham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Oldham 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
11.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
32.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

12.68 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, special schools: 12.32 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Oldham: 15.18 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
8.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

78.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 14.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,306; 17.1% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£22,701
Typical special / other school£30,084

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for special schools in brackets: Staff 91% (82%) · premises 1% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (4%) · supplies and services 4% (8%) · educational supplies 3% (3%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 1% (2%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £720,000; in-year balance +£1,448,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
85%
Continuing in education
81%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
4%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62%62.3%
Social housing5.1%17.1%
Privately rented32.6%20.5%
Detached houses12.2%22.9%
Flats2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005378 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£190,000304 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£159,500–£235,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (24)£378,500
Semi-detached (113)£217,000
Terraced (165)£168,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.03 km, 2022 entry): 309 sales, median £190,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
10an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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