North Chadderton School
Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form
Chadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BN
Headteacher · Nikola Westhead Nicholas Angus
From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction
Key facts
Pupils1,524Capacity 1,656
OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 5 November 2024
TrustThe Oak Trust
Free school meals26.6%
SEN provisionResourced provision
Ofsted
Inspection on 5 November 2024. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- Sixth formGood
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026
For September 2027. Apply through Oldham council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.
How to apply in OldhamApplications for September 2026
237 of the 288 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered262
Applications779
First choice288
First-choice offers237
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- The Radclyffe School0.7 mi
- E-ACT the Oldham Academy North1.1 mi
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy1.2 mi
- Dixons Middleton Academy1.3 mi
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School1.4 mi