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Secondary · OL12 · Rochdale

Wardle Academy

Birch Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9RD

WATERGROVE TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance94.5%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.49
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1366

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in OL12. Where we have them, council (Rochdale) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1366
Free school meals
30.3%
5.9% above district average (24.4%)

Also: Rochdale 36.3% · England 25.8%

SEN
17.2%
0.2% above district average (17%)

Also: Rochdale 17.8% · England 16.5%

EAL
10.2%
16.1% below district average (26.3%)
Attendance
94.5%
1.1% below district average (95.6%)

Also: Rochdale 91.3% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
16.1%
Progress 8
-0.49 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
44.1
Grade 5+ English & maths
39.1%
Grade 4+ English & maths
62.7%
Entered for EBacc
38.2%
EBacc average point score
3.87

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the OL12 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.2%
  • 2021/2290.8%
  • 2022/2390.4%
  • 2023/2490.6%
  • 2024/2591.6%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1341
Pupils on roll
1366

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Rochdale page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.2%
On-site provision
SEN unit · PD
Need types
PD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates