Wardle Academy is a secondary school located in Rochdale. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/12/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.6%, which is 2.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Birch Road, Rochdale, OL12 9RD
Website: http://www.wardleacademy.co.uk/
Telephone: 01706373911
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Rochdale
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Brendan Hesketh
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 140055

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/12/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1200
Number of Pupils: 1220
Number of Boys: 615
Number of Girls: 605

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 17.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.11 Confidence interval -0.28 to 0.05
Of the 241 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 235 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:20%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:44%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.01
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Union Road , OL12 9QA 		3out of 4 686 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St James' Church of England Primary School
Crossfield Road , Wardle OL12 9JW 		2out of 4 832 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Kentmere Primary Academy
Kentmere Avenue , Smallbridge OL12 9EE 		4out of 4 1,404 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Alice Ingham Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Millgate , Halifax Road OL16 2NU 		1out of 4 1,559 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School
Bridgenorth Drive , OL15 0ES 		4out of 4 1,615 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wardle Academy
Birch Road , Wardle OL12 9RD 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Howarth School
Great Howarth Road , OL12 9HJ 		- not rated 962 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Meadows School
Egerton House , Wardle Road OL12 9EN 		- not rated 1,023 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Springside
Albert Royds Street , Rochdale OL16 2SU 		3out of 4 1,731 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Rochdale Pupil Referral Service
Saxon Hall Site , Samson Street OL16 2XW 		3out of 4 2,563 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Rochdale Islamic Academy
36 Taylor Street , OL12 0HX 		- not rated 2,689 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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