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

Academy sponsor led · Secondary school · Rochdale, Rochdale
OL16 4RX
Composite score
49.6

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

St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Rochdale, Rochdale, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 1,057 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 39.7 — below the national average (national average: 46). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

29% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 47% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 44% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,553
National rank
#332
In North West
#9
In Rochdale
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
29%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
47%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.37

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,057 % FSM ever-6 43.8% % EAL 29.5% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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