Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
About the school
Oulder Hill Leadership Academy is an open secondary school in Rochdale.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 7 January 2025
- Published
- 6 February 2025
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 44.4
- Rochdale
- 40.6
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Rochdale
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 46.20%
- Rochdale
- 35.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 65.60%
- Rochdale
- 55.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 81.00%
- Rochdale
- 30.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.13
- Rochdale
- 3.47
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1170
Girls
47.95%
Boys
52.05%
SEN support
14.10%
Education, health and care plan
1.20%
English as an additional language
31.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
38.46%
Overall absence
8.63
Persistent absence
25.41
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
282
Sustained education or employment
91%
Education
87%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
6%