Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,186 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.9
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Dixons Middleton Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,319of 1,350 places
- Free school meals
- 32.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 259
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, 26 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Middleton Technology School (URN 105842, until 1 September 2016).
What the data says
Dixons Middleton Academy has no sixth form. Of the 271 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 24% moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.3 against 46.1 across England and 40.6 in Rochdale, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Dixons Middleton Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 Rochdale and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Dixons Middleton Academy | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 271 | 2,791 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 24% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dixons Middleton Academy | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.3 | 40.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 35% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 55% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 43% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.57 | 3.47 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.2 | 33.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.4 | 45.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 26% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 255 | 98% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 64% |
| English Language | 255 | 98% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 58% |
| English Literature | 251 | 97% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 191 | 74% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 39% |
| History | 117 | 45% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 52% |
| Geography | 101 | 39% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 54% |
| German | 86 | 33% | 5% | 12% | 33% | 60% |
| Computer Science | 83 | 32% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 37% |
| Art and Design | 63 | 24% | 7% | 13% | 24% | 70% |
| Biology | 60 | 23% | 23% | 47% | 45% | 93% |
| Chemistry | 60 | 23% | 23% | 40% | 47% | 93% |
| Physics | 60 | 23% | 23% | 28% | 46% | 90% |
| Design and Technology | 31 | 12% | 11% | 26% | 23% | 77% |
| Business Studies | 24 | 9% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 38% |
| French | 23 | 9% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 30% |
| Drama | 18 | 7% | 7% | 11% | 27% | 61% |
| Music | 11 | 4% | 5% | 9% | 33% | 73% |
| Religious Studies | 7 | 3% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 43% |
| Polish | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 82 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 76 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 72 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 70 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 29 | — | — |
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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.