Co-op Academy Failsworth
Academy sponsor led · 1,434 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.0
Academy sponsor led
Oasis Academy Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,415of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 56.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 286
- Ofsted
- Good, 12 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Kaskenmoor School (URN 105732, until 1 September 2010); South Chadderton School (URN 105733, until 1 September 2010).
What the data says
Of the 290 pupils who finished Year 11 at Oasis Academy Oldham in 2023, 39% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 39% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 48% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Oldham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Oasis Academy Oldham | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 290 | 3,389 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 39% | 35% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oasis Academy Oldham | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.8 | 42.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.57 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 57% | 38% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.1 | 35.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.5 | 46.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 45% | 31% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 288 | 100% | 86% | 25% | 21% | 68% |
| Mathematics | 288 | 100% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 63% |
| English Language | 288 | 100% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 65% |
| Combined Science | 264 | 92% | 65% | 14% | 9% | 51% |
| History | 164 | 57% | 41% | 10% | 26% | 47% |
| Art and Design | 137 | 48% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 75% |
| Geography | 106 | 37% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 52% |
| Religious Studies | 85 | 30% | 31% | 28% | 32% | 75% |
| Spanish | 75 | 26% | 19% | 28% | 27% | 83% |
| Business Studies | 73 | 26% | 18% | 10% | 20% | 59% |
| Computer Science | 43 | 15% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 60% |
| Photography | 37 | 13% | 6% | 8% | 19% | 95% |
| Film Studies | 24 | 8% | 1% | 4% | 20% | 46% |
| Physical Education | 22 | 8% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 64% |
| Biology | 19 | 7% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 0% |
| Italian | 7 | 2% | 0% | 71% | 53% | 100% |
| French | 5 | 2% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Portuguese | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Urdu | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 108 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 52 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 39 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Art and Design | 21 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 16 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 11 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Oldham
Co-Op Academy Waterhead
Academy sponsor led · 761 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.0
E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 975 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.7
E-ACT the Oldham Academy North
Academy sponsor led · 1,258 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2
North Chadderton School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,524 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Oasis Academy Leesbrook
Free schools · 1,349 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.