Secondary
The Blue Coat CofE School
Egerton Street, Chadderton, Oldham, OL1 3SQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1702 of 1550 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 102.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 137.4
- Pupils per adult
- 12.3
- Pupils
- 1,692
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
74%
37 points above the Oldham average (37% across 10 schools)
59.1
15.4 above the Oldham average (43.7 across 10 schools)
1st of 10 by our score, among the secondary schools in Oldham we can score - 21 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 59.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.49 |
| Entered the EBacc | 88% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 88% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.53 |
| A level students | 219 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 76% |
| 22/23 | 68% |
| 23/24 | 64% |
| 24/25 | 74% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.9 |
| 22/23 | 35.7 |
| 23/24 | 37.0 |
| 24/25 | 35.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.78 |
| 22/23 | +0.57 |
| 23/24 | +0.50 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 61.9 |
| 22/23 | 57.4 |
| 23/24 | 56.1 |
| 24/25 | 59.1 |
Egerton Street, Chadderton, Oldham, OL1 3SQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Oldham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Rob Higgins
- Address
- Egerton Street, Chadderton, Oldham, OL1 3SQ
- Telephone
- 01616241484