2026 Secondary applications by demand and offers | Admissions statistics

1. 2026 Secondary applications by demand and offers

This summary shows how school places were offered based on specific criteria and distance from Oldham secondary schools for the 2026/2027 admissions.

It does not include late applications. Remember that the criteria and the maximum distance for allocated places change each year, so this information is just a general guide for future applications.

You can find details about each school's admission criteria in their oversubscription policy, available from the school or on their website.

**2026 Secondary school applications - places offered**
School	PAN	Criteria	Distance
Blue Coat C.E. Secondary School	183 Band 1	Anglican on points	n/a
	30 Band 2	Christian on points then distance	n/a
	30 Band 3	Major world faiths	n/a
Brian Clarke Academy	Band 1	Random allocation	n/a
	Band 2	Random allocation	n/a
	Band 3	Random allocation	n/a
	Band 4	Random allocation	n/a
	Band 5	Random allocation	n/a
Crompton House Church of England School	308	All other children	0.197
The Co-op Academy Failsworth	316	Criteria 5	1.897
North Chadderton School and Sixth Form Centre	270	Criteria 6	0.742
The Hathershaw College Academy Trust	210	Criteria 6	0.919
Royton & Crompton Secondary School	240	*	*
Saddleworth Secondary School	300	Criteria 8	3.824
The Radclyffe Secondary School	300	*	*
Saint John Henry Newman RC College	300	*	*
Oasis Academy Oldham	300	*	*
Oasis Academy Leesbrook	300	*	*
The Oldham Academy North	300	*	*
Waterhead Academy	270	*	*

Key:

PAN - Planned Admission Number

* The school didn't have enough applicants to fill all its places, so it accepted everyone who applied, regardless of criteria or distance.

Demand for Places:

This is a summary of the applications made to Oldham secondary schools by preference rank for the 2026/2027 admissions process. The data does not include late applications.

School	PAN	Preference						Total Demand
School	PAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total Demand
Blue Coat C.E. Secondary School	243	625	608	308	88	29	7	1665
The Brian Clarke Academy	240	479	492	221	52	21	14	1279
Crompton House Church of England School	308	349	293	166	55	22	7	892
The Co-op Academy Failsworth	316	305	106	38	18	7	9	483
North Chadderton School and Sixth Form Centre	270	296	189	197	77	41	11	811
Oasis Academy Oldham	300	176	135	95	26	15	7	454
Oasis Academy Leesbrook	300	162	62	67	17	5	13	326
Royton & Crompton Secondary School	240	154	129	83	26	14	5	411
Saddleworth Secondary School	300	273	135	98	34	8	6	554
Saint John Henry Newman RC College	300	190	156	130	43	18	10	547
The Hathershaw College Academy Trust	210	177	88	99	33	15	11	423
The Oldham Academy North	300	87	105	147	49	22	17	427
The Radclyffe Secondary School	300	201	144	120	68	27	13	573
Waterhead Academy	270	63	67	45	19	4	7	205

Places offered:

This is a summary of the offers made to Oldham secondary schools by preference rank for the 2026/2027 admissions process. The data does not include late applications.

School	PAN	Preference							Total Offers
School	PAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	Redirection	Total Offers
Blue Coat C.E. Secondary School	243	239	3		1				243
The Brian Clarke Academy	240	161	69	9	1				240
Crompton House Church of England School	308	274	24	8	2				308
Co-op Academy Failsworth	316	286	25	3	2				316
North Chadderton School and Sixth Form Centre	270	244	16	10					270
Oasis Academy Oldham	300								*
Oasis Academy Leesbrook	300								*
Royton & Crompton Secondary School	240								*
Saddleworth Secondary School	300	262	29	7	2				300
Saint John Henry Newman RC College	300								*
The Hathershaw College Academy Trust	210	162	21	26		1			210
The Oldham Academy North	300								*
The Radclyffe Secondary School	300								*
Waterhead Academy	270								*

Key:

PAN – planned admission number
Redirections - applicants allocated to the school where it has not been possible to offer a place at any of their ranked schools. This year all on time redirections were allocated places to schools that were undersubscribed.