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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Kingsway Park High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,289of 1,330 places
- Free school meals
- 49.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 273
- Ofsted
- Some aspects not as strong, 26 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kingsway Park High School (URN 135795, until 1 February 2022).
What the data says
Kingsway Park High School has no sixth form. Of the 270 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 44% moved to a sixth form college, 47% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 44% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 35.3 against 46.1 across England and 40.6 in Rochdale, with 18% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
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 | Kingsway Park High School | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 270 | 2,791 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 44% | 32% | 13% |
| — further education college | 47% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kingsway Park High School | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.3 | 40.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% | 35% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 34% | 55% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 19% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.87 | 3.47 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 51% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.5 | 33.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.2 | 45.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 43% | 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 | 269 | 99% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 40% |
| English Language | 269 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 54% |
| English Literature | 255 | 93% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 58% |
| Combined Science | 171 | 63% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 23% |
| History | 121 | 44% | 41% | 5% | 26% | 32% |
| Chemistry | 99 | 36% | 23% | 18% | 47% | 71% |
| Physics | 99 | 36% | 23% | 14% | 46% | 63% |
| Biology | 99 | 36% | 23% | 15% | 45% | 71% |
| Citizenship Studies | 80 | 29% | 3% | 3% | 19% | 53% |
| Business Studies | 80 | 29% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 31% |
| Religious Studies | 79 | 29% | 31% | 16% | 32% | 63% |
| Geography | 69 | 25% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 32% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 59 | 22% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 39% |
| French | 43 | 16% | 18% | 37% | 29% | 88% |
| Photography | 42 | 15% | 6% | 29% | 19% | 95% |
| 3D Design | 41 | 15% | 2% | 2% | 16% | 46% |
| Fine Art | 33 | 12% | 9% | 27% | 28% | 79% |
| Spanish | 24 | 9% | 19% | 33% | 27% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 8% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 61% |
| Statistics | 18 | 7% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 72% |
| Textiles | 15 | 5% | 2% | 33% | 27% | 87% |
| Graphic Communication | 14 | 5% | 1% | 7% | 23% | 57% |
| Portuguese | 6 | 2% | 0% | 50% | 50% | 100% |
| Music | 5 | 2% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Urdu | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 63 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 29 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 22 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 8 | — | — |
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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.