Overall Oxbridge
#949
4 ranked schools · -35 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
49
Offers
12
Offer rate24.5%
+2.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Surviving cotton mills and Victorian industrial brick-work give Oldham its most distinctive built character, the physical trace of a town that rose through the nineteenth century to become the leading cotton spinning centre in the world, producing more cotton than France and Germany combined at its zenith. The last mill closed in 1998.
Chadderton and Shaw are among the most sought-after pockets for primary school catchments, with Derker long established as a school-competitive corner of the borough. The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham sits on elevated Pennine ground roughly seven miles northeast of Manchester city centre, with a population of around 242,000 at the 2021 census. Metrolink trams connect Oldham town centre to Manchester Victoria and the wider Greater Manchester network.
Area Performance
Across 108 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.17/10, -0.22 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Oldham schools
Oldham vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Oldham schools
top 62% of 14,978
top 62% of 14,978
top 52% of 3,862
top 52% of 3,862
top 47% of 2,555
top 47% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
4 ranked schools · -35 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
49
Offers
12
Oxford
4 ranked schools · +13 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
34
Offers
7
Cambridge
3 ranked schools · +419 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
15
Offers
5
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