Sapience Girls Academy
319 Waterloo Street, Glodwick, Oldham, OL4 1ER
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Miss Kishwar Naaz
- Religious ethos
- Islam
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 51
- URN
- 149339
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Telephone
- 01616528563
About this school
Sapience Girls Academy is a girls' independent school in Oldham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 51 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Sapience Girls Academy under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Sapience Girls Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in February 2023, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 17 | 23 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.0 | 43.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23.5% | 52.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 23.5% | 56.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 17.6% | 47.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.0 |
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 Sapience Girls Academy 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 | — | 39.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39 | 38.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.7 | 35.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 68 |
| 2024/25 | 78 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 0
- Pupils on SEN support
- 12
Location
Nearby schools
-
Westwood Boys School0.6 miles
Independent schools
-
The Springboard Project0.7 miles
Free Schools · Oldham
-
Future Finders Employability College0.7 miles
Other types · Oldham
-
Hulme Grammar School1.1 miles
Independent schools · Oldham
-
Thornycroft School1.2 miles
Special schools · Oldham
Other schools in Oldham
- Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest Independent schools
- Ellen House Secondary Independent schools
- Farrowdale House School Independent schools
- Hulme Grammar School Independent schools
- The Chadderton Preparatory School Independent schools
- Westwood High Independent schools
- Alexandra Park Junior School Primary
- Alt Academy Primary
- Bare Trees Primary School Primary
- Beal Vale Primary School Primary
- Beever Primary School Primary
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sapience Girls Academy teach?
- Sapience Girls Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is an independent school in Oldham.
- Who is the headteacher of Sapience Girls Academy?
- The headteacher of Sapience Girls Academy is Miss Kishwar Naaz, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sapience Girls Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Sapience Girls Academy 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 Sapience Girls Academy?
- Sapience Girls Academy has 51 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Sapience Girls Academy full?
- Sapience Girls Academy has capacity for 100 pupils and 51 on roll (51%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sapience Girls Academy a faith school?
- No. Sapience Girls Academy has no designated religious character.
- How have Sapience Girls Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39 in 2023/24 and 43.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Sapience Girls Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sapience Girls Academy'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 24 July 2026.