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Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College

URN
136432
Phase
Secondary
Status
Closed

School overview

School name
Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College
URN
136432
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Closed

School Compass Score

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School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Recommendations are not currently available.

Admissions strategy

Application strategy guidance is not currently available for this school.

Crime & Safety

Safety information unavailable.

Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.
  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.

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Ofsted inspections

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Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

288

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

560

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

288

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.94×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Oldham
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Oldham)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Oldham to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

43.7

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

36.5%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

57.3%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

40.6%

EBacc achievement

Location

OL9 9QY - Broadway, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester

Contact details

Address
Broadway, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Postcode
OL9 9QY
Phone
-
Website
-
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Oldham
Local authority code
353

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 252 schools in Oldham.

Authority statistics

Total schools

252

Open schools

129

Closed schools

123

Primary schools

168

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

Offer rate

51.4%

Offers as a share of applications

First preference offers: 236

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

EBacc achievement

17.1%

Key stage 4 destinations

Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

Education destination

Education %

80.0%

Employment destination

Employment %

4.0%

Apprenticeship destination

Apprenticeships %

5.0%

Not in education, employment or training

NEET %

10.0%

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

Secondary schools

35

Special schools

0

Phase distribution

  • Primary168 (66.7%)
  • Secondary35 (13.9%)
  • Special0 (0.0%)
  • Other49 (19.4%)

Nearby schools

School nameDistancePhaseStatus
Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy0 mSecondaryOpen
Christ Church CofE Primary School440 mPrimaryOpen
Kingfisher Special School514 mNot applicableOpen
Foxdenton Community Special School514 mNot applicableClosed
Gorse Bank Community Special School514 mNot applicableClosed
The Kingfisher Community Special School514 mNot applicableClosed
Halcyon Way School529 mNot applicableOpen
Chances Mentoring587 mNot applicableOpen
St Luke's CofE Primary School620 mPrimaryOpen
Ferney Field Community Special School807 mNot applicableClosed
  • Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
    Distance
    0 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Christ Church CofE Primary School
    Distance
    440 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Kingfisher Special School
    Distance
    514 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Foxdenton Community Special School
    Distance
    514 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed

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Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Oldham)

School namePhasePostcodeStatus
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Counthill SchoolSecondaryOL4 2PYClosed
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  • Breeze Hill School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    OL4 5JE
    Status
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  • Co-op Academy Failsworth
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    M35 9HA
    Status
    Open
  • Collective Spirit Free School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    OL9 8DX
    Status
    Closed
  • Counthill School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    OL4 2PY
    Status
    Closed
  • Crompton House CofE School
  • Gorse Bank Community Special School
    Distance
    514 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • The Kingfisher Community Special School
    Distance
    514 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Halcyon Way School
    Distance
    529 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Chances Mentoring
    Distance
    587 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • St Luke's CofE Primary School
    Distance
    620 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Ferney Field Community Special School
    Distance
    807 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    OL2 7HS
    Status
    Closed