Saddleworth School
Huddersfield Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5NU
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Saddleworth School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Mike Anderson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,406
- Pupils on roll
- 1,415
- URN
- 105736
- Local authority
- Oldham
About this school
Saddleworth School was a community secondary school in Oldham. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,415 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Saddleworth School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 275 | 278 | 264 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.1 | 49.3 | 47.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.55 -0.72 to -0.38 | -0.01 -0.18 to +0.16 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 53.6% | 53.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 74.5% | 70.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 43.2% | 45.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Saddleworth School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Oldham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.1 | 39.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.3 | 38.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.5 | 35.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,404 |
| 2023/24 | 1,418 |
| 2024/25 | 1,415 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Saddleworth School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 67% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47.5 | 8.6% | 23.9% | 1,415 | — |
| Saddleworth School | — | — | — | 1,444 | 0.0 miles |
| Mossley Hollins High School | — | — | — | 894 | 2.4 miles |
| Waterhead Academy | 34 | 9.3% | 51.5% | 761 | 2.8 miles |
| Oasis Academy Leesbrook | 41.5 | 8.1% | 48.8% | 1,349 | 3.4 miles |
| St Damian's RC Science College | 55.1 | 5.2% | 25% | 829 | 4.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.89%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.6%
- Persistent absence
- 23.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Saddleworth School0.0 miles
Secondary · Oldham
-
Mossley Hollins High School2.4 miles
Secondary · Ashton-under-Lyne
-
Waterhead Academy2.8 miles
Secondary · Oldham
-
Oasis Academy Leesbrook3.4 miles
Secondary · Oldham
-
St Damian's RC Science College4.2 miles
Secondary · Ashton-under-Lyne
Other schools in Oldham
- E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy Secondary
- E-ACT the Oldham Academy North Secondary
- North Chadderton School Secondary
- Oasis Academy Leesbrook Secondary
- Oasis Academy Oldham Secondary
- Saddleworth School Secondary
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- The Blue Coat CofE School Secondary
- The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy Secondary
- The Crompton House Church of England Academy Secondary
- The Hathershaw College Secondary
- The Radclyffe School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Saddleworth School teach?
- Saddleworth School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Oldham.
- Has Saddleworth School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Saddleworth School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Saddleworth School?
- Saddleworth School had 1,415 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Saddleworth School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.1 in 2022/23 and 47.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Saddleworth School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Saddleworth School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.