Co-op Academy Failsworth
Academy sponsor led · 1,434 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.0
Free schools special
The Springboard Project
- Pupils on roll
- 155of 127 places
- Free school meals
- 72.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 38
- Ofsted
- Good, 13 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 17 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Springboard Project in 2023, 0% stayed on in The Springboard Project’s own sixth form (Oldham average 13%), 6% went to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 0.1 against 46.1 across England and 42.3 in Oldham, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
18% 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 | The Springboard Project | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 17 | 3,389 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 76% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 71% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 35% | 13% |
| — further education college | 6% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 65% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 18% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Springboard Project | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 0.1 | 42.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.00 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 84% | 38% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 0.1 | 35.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 0.0 | 46.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 1 | 3% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
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.