Best Secondary Schools in Rochdale

We checked all 12 secondary schools in Rochdale and list every one: 7 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
12
Ranked
7
Without a rank
5

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Rochdale. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Rochdale also has 43 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Rochdale.

Ranked secondary schools in Rochdale

  1. 1

    Whitworth Community High School

    Local authority maintained, 654 pupils, inspected December 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    63.4%

  2. 2

    Hollingworth Academy

    Academy, 1,331 pupils, inspected December 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    51.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    59.8%

  3. 3

    Oulder Hill Leadership Academy

    Academy, 1,152 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    46.2%

  4. 4

    Wardle Academy

    Academy, 1,366 pupils, inspected December 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    39.1%

  5. 5

    Matthew Moss High School

    Academy, 1,198 pupils, inspected April 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    39.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    34.3%

  6. 6

    Kingsway Park High School

    Academy, 1,289 pupils, inspected September 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    35.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    18.3%

  7. 7

    St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 1,023 pupils, inspected March 2022

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Attainment 8
    39.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    29%

Secondary schools in Rochdale without a rank