2025 Secondary applications - places offered | Admissions statistics

1. 2025 Secondary applications - places offered

This summary shows how school places were offered based on specific criteria and distance from Oldham secondary schools for the 2025/2026 admissions.

It does not include late applications. Remember that the criteria and the maximum distance for allocated places change each year, so this information is just a general guide for future applications.

You can find details about each school's admission criteria in their oversubscription policy, available from the school or on their website.

**2025 Secondary school applications - places offered**
School	PAN	Criteria	Distance
Blue Coat	183 Band 1	Anglican on points	n/a
	30 Band 2	Christian on points then distance	n/a
	30 Band 3	Major world faiths	n/a random allocation
Brian Clarke	Band 1	Zone 3	n/a random allocation
	Band 2	Other world faiths	n/a random allocation
	Band 3	Zone 2	n/a random allocation
	Band 4	Zone 4	n/a random allocation
	Band 5	Zone 2	n/a random allocation
Crompton House	308	Other Faiths 74pts + Sibling	0.290
The Co-op Academy	315	5	3.199
North Chadderton	270	8	2.091
The Hathershaw	210	6	0.732
Royton and Crompton	240	*	*
Saddleworth	300	8	3.300
The Radclyffe	300	*	*
Newman College	300	9	2.566
Oasis Academy Oldham	300	*	*
Oasis Academy Leesbrook	300	*	*
The Oldham Academy North	300	*	*
Waterhead Academy	270	*	*

Key:

PAN - Planned Admission Number

* The school didn't have enough applicants to fill all its places, so it accepted everyone who applied, regardless of criteria or distance.

Demand for Places:

This is a summary of the applications made to Oldham secondary schools by preference rank for the 2025/2026 admissions process.

The data does not include late applications.

School	PAN	Preference						Total Demand
School	PAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total Demand
Blue Coat C.E. Secondary School	243	624	644	293	63	19	12	1655
Brian Clarke Academy	240	474	420	220	48	12	3	1177
Crompton House Church of England School	308	361	269	161	43	8	6	848
Co-op Academy Failsworth	310	277	91	44	9	8	4	433
North Chadderton School and Sixth Form Centre	270	231	210	158	32	17	9	657
Oasis Academy Oldham	300	160	94	60	18	11	2	345
Oasis Academy Leesbrook	300	167	44	61	15	5	2	294
Royton and Crompton Secondary School	240	143	100	60	16	6	4	329
Saddleworth Secondary School	300	294	122	102	12	8	3	541
The Blessed John Henry Newman RC College	300	255	165	119	32	9	2	582
The Hathershaw College Academy Trust	210	191	101	95	16	14	2	419
The Oldham Academy North (EACT)	300	117	97	118	30	3	4	369
The Radclyffe Secondary School	300	202	161	104	49	9	9	534
Waterhead Academy	210	84	32	33	6	2	2	159

Places offered:

This is a summary of the offers made to Oldham secondary schools by preference rank for the 2025/2026 admissions process. The data does not include late applications.

School	PAN	Preference							Total Offers
School	PAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	Redirected	Total Offers
Blue Coat C.E. Secondary School	243	237	6						243
The Brian Clarke Academy	240	170	62	6	1		1		240
Crompton House Church of England School	308	273	26	7	2				308
Co-op Academy Failsworth	315	277	28	2	1			7	*
North Chadderton School and Sixth Form Centre	270	223	30	16		1			270
Oasis Academy Oldham	300								*
Oasis Academy Leesbrook	300								*
Royton & Crompton Secondary School	240								*
Saddleworth Secondary School	300	276	17	5	1	1			300
The Blessed John Henry Newman RC College	300	229	51	18			1	1	300
The Hathershaw College Academy Trust	210	169	24	17					210
The Oldham Academy North	300								*
The Radclyffe Secondary School	300								*
Waterhead Academy	210								*

Key:

PAN – planned admission number
Redirections - applicants allocated to the school where it has not been possible to offer a place at any of their ranked schools.