Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Oldham · OL9 9QY
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 17 May 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,469 pupils · 89% of 1,650 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 37.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 149461
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 186 families named it first for 265 Year 7 places, 0.70 first choices per place. We hold 5 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 17 May 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.70 first-choice applications per place265 places offered · 186 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2025 entry)
- Criterion 9 (Other Children In Priority Area)
- 2.566 miles
2025 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Oldham school admissions · the wider Oldham authority
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 56% (Oldham 49%, England 59%) · Black African 12% (Oldham 6%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Oldham 17%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Oldham 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Oldham 2%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 3% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Oldham 11%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Oldham 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Oldham 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Oldham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Oldham 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Oldham 1%, England 4%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
3.16% of teaching posts vacant, 1.05% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,613; 9.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 32% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 15.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 36.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 51.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 85.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 2.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 11.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 31.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 0.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 28.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 11% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005330 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £188,000348 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £151,000–£244,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters 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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 12an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an 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