Co-op Academy Failsworth
Academy sponsor led · 1,434 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.0
Academy converter
Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,469of 1,650 places
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 293
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 17 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College (URN 136432, until 1 September 2024).
What the data says
Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy has no sixth form. Of the 303 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 35% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 35% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 97% of the year group took it, against 31% 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 | This school | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 303 | 3,389 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 35% | 35% | 13% |
| — further education college | 36% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.7 | 42.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 41% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.83 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 35% | 38% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.8 | 35.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.4 | 46.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 21% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 293 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 63% |
| English Language | 293 | 100% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 59% |
| English Literature | 284 | 97% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 64% |
| Religious Studies | 284 | 97% | 31% | 26% | 32% | 61% |
| Combined Science | 258 | 88% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 49% |
| History | 172 | 59% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 49% |
| French | 114 | 39% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 66% |
| Geography | 109 | 37% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 58% |
| Business Studies | 99 | 34% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 36% |
| Photography | 52 | 18% | 6% | 13% | 19% | 77% |
| Biology | 30 | 10% | 23% | 43% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 10% | 23% | 55% | 47% | 97% |
| Fine Art | 29 | 10% | 9% | 34% | 28% | 83% |
| Physics | 29 | 10% | 23% | 76% | 46% | 100% |
| Music | 26 | 9% | 5% | 12% | 33% | 81% |
| Drama | 15 | 5% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 40% |
| Statistics | 12 | 4% | 5% | 50% | 20% | 92% |
| Spanish | 4 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Polish | 4 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 79 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 51 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 39 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 33 | — | — |
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.0
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E-ACT the Oldham Academy North
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Oasis Academy Leesbrook
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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.