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

Academy sponsor ledSecondaryAges 11–16MixedRoman Catholic

Shaw Road, Thornham, Rochdale, OL16 4RX

Headteacher · Mrs Emma Keenan

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Key facts

Pupils1,023Capacity 1,200

OfstedRequires improvementInspected 29 March 2022

TrustSt Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust

Free school meals43.2%

Requires improvement

Graded inspection on 29 March 2022 (as St Cuthbert's RC High School).

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Rochdale council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 103 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered127

Applications352

First choice103

First-choice offers103

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).