Falinge Park High School
Falinge Road, Shawclough, Rochdale, OL12 6LD
This school is closed (it closed in September 2024).
It was replaced by Falinge Park High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Paula O'Reilly
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,350
- Pupils on roll
- 1,354
- URN
- 105837
- Local authority
- Rochdale
About this school
Falinge Park High School was a community secondary school in Rochdale. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,354 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Falinge Park High 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 | 264 | 265 | 274 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.7 | 40.8 | 40.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.28 -0.46 to -0.10 | -0.03 -0.21 to +0.15 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 32.5% | 36.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 52.1% | 55.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 12.8% | 24.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
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 Falinge Park High 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 | Rochdale average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39.7 | 36.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.8 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.5 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,352 |
| 2023/24 | 1,354 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Falinge Park High School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.5 | 10.8% | 41.3% | 1,354 | — |
| Falinge Park High School | — | 10.3% | 45.8% | 1,344 | 0.0 miles |
| Oulder Hill Leadership Academy | 44.4 | 8.6% | 38.5% | 1,152 | 0.9 miles |
| Matthew Moss High School | 39.4 | 8.4% | 43.7% | 1,198 | 1.8 miles |
| Kingsway Park High School | 35.3 | 9.8% | 50% | 1,289 | 1.9 miles |
| Wardle Academy | 44.1 | 9% | 29.9% | 1,366 | 2.1 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.3%
- English as an additional language
- 55.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.8%
- Persistent absence
- 35.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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Falinge Park High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Rochdale
-
Oulder Hill Leadership Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Rochdale
-
Matthew Moss High School1.8 miles
Secondary · Rochdale
-
Kingsway Park High School1.9 miles
Secondary · Rochdale
-
Wardle Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Rochdale
Other schools in Rochdale
- Falinge Park High School Secondary
- Hollingworth Academy Secondary
- Kingsway Park High School Secondary
- Matthew Moss High School Secondary
- Oulder Hill Leadership Academy Secondary
- St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Wardle Academy Secondary
- Whitworth Community High School Secondary
- Howard Street Nursery School Nursery
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ashfield Valley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Falinge Park High School teach?
- Falinge Park High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Rochdale.
- Has Falinge Park High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Falinge Park High 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 big is Falinge Park High School?
- Falinge Park High School had 1,354 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Falinge Park High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.7 in 2022/23 and 40.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Falinge Park High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Falinge Park High 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 30 September 2024.