The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
Secondary · Oldham · OL9 6BP
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 24 June 2025
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950 pupils · 79% of 1,200 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 33.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 12.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 149137
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 458 families named it first for 224 Year 7 places, 2.04 first choices per place. We hold 4 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 24 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
2.04 first-choice applications per place224 places offered · 458 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places for 2026 entry were decided by random allocation (ballot), not distance.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Places for 2026 entry were decided by random allocation (ballot), not distance.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2024 entry)
- Band 1 (Zone 3)
- 2.322 miles
2024 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Oldham school admissions · the wider Oldham authority
GCSE results (2024/2025)
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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
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Pakistani 30% (Oldham 17%, England 5%) · White British 22% (Oldham 49%, England 59%) · Asian Bangladeshi 12% (Oldham 11%, England 2%) · Black African 10% (Oldham 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 9% (Oldham 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Oldham 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Oldham 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Oldham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Oldham 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Oldham 1%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Oldham 2%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
6.26 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Oldham: 17.06 suspensions and 0.24 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
67.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 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 £51,210; 15.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (6%) · supplies and services 14% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £299,000; in-year balance +£54,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 24 June 2025: Good
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)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 17.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 37.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 8.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 43.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 43.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 34.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 45.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 20.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 23.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 21.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 46.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005353 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £130,000106 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £100,000–£169,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 55an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 11an 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