Falinge Park High School
Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextAcademy converter · Secondary
Rochdale · OL12 6LD · Rochdale
Ages 11–16
- FSM48.5%
2.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 119753
Whitworth Community High School
Community school · ROCHDALE · OL12 8TS
Ages 11–16 · 654 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
43.8
Overall absence
6.1%
Admissions demand
1.32 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-05-14
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.08
−20+2
Attainment 843.8
English & maths grade 5+34%
English & maths grade 4+62%
EBacc entry16%
EBacc APS: 3.7
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)17.4%
Unauthorised1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 677
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.32 · Competitive
1st preferences
171
Places offered
130
1st-preference offers
128
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 299
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 130
- Applications from outside LA
- 96
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 47
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill92%
654 pupils · 709 places
- Pupils on roll
- 654
- Boys / girls
- 333 / 321
- School capacity
- 709
- Capacity fill
- 654 / 709 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 24.9%
- FSM pupils
- 163
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Oliver
Location
- Address
- Hall Street, Hallford, Hallfold
- Postcode
- OL12 8TS
- Town
- ROCHDALE
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Rossendale
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in ROCHDALE, Lancashire, 654 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 24.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Wardle Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Rochdale · OL12 9RD · Rochdale
Ages 11–16
- Att840.2
- P8-0.5
- EM5+30%
- Absence9.8%
2.5 miles away
Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Rochdale · OL11 5EF · Rochdale
Ages 11–16
- Att842.9
- P8-0.1
- EM5+43%
- Absence10.2%
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Oliver
- Telephone
- 01706343218