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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Oldham GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 13 state secondary schools in Oldham, 3,384 pupils. Oldham ranks 115 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.7 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
41.4%
6.4 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
11.2%
3.5 pts below England
Attainment 8
44.9
2.7 points below England
Council rank
115 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Oldham at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: The Blue Coat CofE School (57.0).
- Schools range from 35.2 to 57.0 on Attainment 8, a spread of 21.8 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 39.3, 9.3 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at The Blue Coat CofE School (49.8).
- Most improved on 2025: Waterhead Academy, up 3.9 points to 37.9.
Every Oldham secondary school, ranked
Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths
| # | School | Pupils | Attainment 8 | vs 2025 | Grade 4+ E&M | Grade 5+ E&M | Grade 7+ E&M | Disadvantaged A8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blue Coat CofE SchoolChurch of England · Top 10% three years running | 246 | 57.0 | −2.1 | 85.0% | 68.3% | 17.9% | 49.8 |
| 2 | The Crompton House Church of England AcademyChurch of England | 328 | 50.5 | +3.7 | 75.0% | 56.4% | 13.4% | 41.9 |
| 3 | Saddleworth School | 267 | 49.2 | — | 77.5% | 54.7% | 16.5% | 39.0 |
| 4 | Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic | 291 | 46.8 | — | 61.5% | 38.1% | 10.3% | 42.9 |
| 5 | Co-op Academy Failsworth | 272 | 45.7 | +2.7 | 63.2% | 44.5% | 9.6% | 41.2 |
| 6 | E-ACT the Oldham Academy North | 277 | 45.5 | −2.7 | 62.1% | 44.0% | 14.8% | 41.3 |
| 7 | Oasis Academy Oldham | 273 | 44.5 | +1.7 | 53.5% | 34.1% | 9.2% | 42.8 |
| 8 | North Chadderton School | 273 | 44.4 | +0.6 | 65.2% | 37.7% | 11.7% | 37.7 |
| 9 | The Radclyffe School | 297 | 42.2 | — | 56.6% | 36.7% | 12.8% | 39.7 |
| 10 | Oasis Academy Leesbrook | 276 | 40.4 | −1.1 | 48.6% | 31.9% | 7.2% | 37.4 |
| 11 | E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy | 202 | 38.4 | −0.3 | 52.5% | 32.2% | 5.9% | 33.6 |
| 12 | Waterhead Academy | 181 | 37.9 | +3.9 | 45.3% | 26.5% | 7.7% | 35.4 |
| 13 | The Hathershaw College | 201 | 35.2 | −4.1 | 48.8% | 20.4% | 4.0% | 32.0 |
| England average | 47.6 | 66.8% | 47.8% | 14.7% | 37.7 |
Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.
Oldham against the rest of the North West
- Trafford65.7%
- Stockport52.9%
- Warrington50.8%
- Bolton47.9%
- Manchester46.4%
- Cheshire East46.1%
- Wirral46.0%
- Lancashire45.0%
- Cheshire West and Chester44.4%
- Blackburn with Darwen44.4%
- Tameside44.3%
- Salford44.2%
- Wigan44.1%
- Westmorland and Furness42.8%
- St. Helens41.9%
- Oldham41.4%
- Rochdale41.2%
- Sefton40.2%
- Bury39.6%
- Liverpool39.1%
- Blackpool37.1%
- Halton36.5%
- Cumberland34.0%
- Knowsley26.2%
Reading these figures
- Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
- There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
- These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
- Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.