Chances Mentoring
Unit 3 Whitegate Business Centre, Jardine Way, Oldham, OL9 9JT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Bethany Peak
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 60
- Pupils on roll
- 17
- URN
- 151219
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 07955273449
About this school
Chances Mentoring is an independent special school in Oldham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 17 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Chances Mentoring 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
Chances Mentoring has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2024, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 17
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingfisher Special School0.0 miles
Academies · Oldham
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Halcyon Way School0.1 miles
Free Schools · Oldham
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Thornycroft School1.1 miles
Special schools · Oldham
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Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest1.2 miles
Independent schools · Oldham
-
Westwood High1.2 miles
Independent schools · Oldham
Other schools in Oldham
- EdStart Schools Oldham and Rochdale Special schools
- Future Finders Employability College Other types
- Halcyon Way School Free Schools
- Hollinwood Academy Academies
- Kingfisher Special School Academies
- Kingsland School Local authority maintained schools
- New Bridge School Academies
- Path 4 Special schools
- SEE (Oldham) Special schools
- SMS Changing Lives School Special schools
- Spring Brook Academy Academies
- Supreme Start Ltd Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Chances Mentoring teach?
- Chances Mentoring teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Oldham.
- Who is the headteacher of Chances Mentoring?
- The headteacher of Chances Mentoring is Ms Bethany Peak, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Chances Mentoring been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Chances Mentoring 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 Chances Mentoring?
- Chances Mentoring has 17 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Chances Mentoring full?
- Chances Mentoring has capacity for 60 pupils and 17 on roll (28%), 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 Chances Mentoring a faith school?
- No. Chances Mentoring has no designated religious character.
- Does Chances Mentoring publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Chances Mentoring. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.