Saddleworth School
Secondary · Oldham · OL3 5NU
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 30 January 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,444 pupils · 103% of 1,406 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 23.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 151361
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 268 families named it first for 293 Year 7 places, 0.91 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3.824 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 5 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 30 January 2024, 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
0.91 first-choice applications per place293 places offered · 268 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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 by distance, last offered at 3.824 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3.824 miles
measured in a straight line.
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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 88% (Oldham 49%, England 59%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Oldham 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Oldham 2%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Oldham 17%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Oldham 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Oldham 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Oldham 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oldham 1%, 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)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.19% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,756; 10.2% 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)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 37.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 15.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 43.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 16.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 43.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 73% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 13% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 14% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 18.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 29.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 23.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 21.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005411 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £290,000203 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £220,000–£408,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 8an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an 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