Secondary
Wardle Academy
Birch Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9RD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1366 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Trust
- WATERGROVE TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 82.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 127.0
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 1,366
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 October 2022
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
39%
1 points above the Rochdale average (38% across 12 schools)
44.1
1.4 above the Rochdale average (42.7 across 12 schools)
4th of 12 by our score, among the secondary schools in Rochdale we can score - 19 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 | 44.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.87 |
| Entered the EBacc | 38% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% |
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 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 39% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.39 |
| 22/23 | -0.20 |
| 23/24 | -0.49 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.6 |
| 22/23 | 44.5 |
| 23/24 | 40.2 |
| 24/25 | 44.1 |
Birch Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9RD
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.
Rochdale 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
- James Glennie
- Address
- Birch Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9RD
- Telephone
- 01706373911