Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Rochdale
Rochdale Road, Manchester, M24 2GL
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
73%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
20.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,186
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
73%
1st preference success rate
188 of 258 families who put it first got an offer
193
Places offered
598
Total applications
3.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 258 | 188 | ● 73% |
| 2nd preference | 175 | 4 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 121 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 4th preference | 44 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 598 | 193 | 32% |
1st preference success by year
Rochdale lets families list 4 preferences. 54 applications came from outside the council area (10 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Andrew Bridson
- Address
- Rochdale Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2GL
- Phone
- 01616434009
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Ward / constituency
- North Middleton · Heywood and Middleton North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105844
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 25% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 10% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,186 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
25 May 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,088 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.12 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 39% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 61% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.69 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.60 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 31.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 60.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 29.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.46 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 217 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.25 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 6.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 68 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 213 | 8% | 39% | 63% | |
| Mathematics | 211 | 8% | 43% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 205 | 10% | 41% | 65% | |
| Religious Studies | 203 | 12% | 34% | 52% | |
| Combined Science | 163 | 1% | 22% | 45% | |
| History | 99 | 20% | 51% | 65% | |
| Business | 81 | 1% | 22% | 43% | |
| Geography | 59 | 7% | 34% | 56% | |
| Biology | 46 | 17% | 59% | 80% | |
| Physics | 46 | 22% | 70% | 85% | |
| Chemistry | 46 | 20% | 57% | 83% | |
| Design & Technology | 46 | 11% | 39% | 59% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 25 | 0% | 8% | 40% | |
| Mathematics | 20 | 10% | 20% | 50% | |
| Business Studies | 19 | 0% | 11% | 42% | |
| English Literature | 11 | 9% | 18% | 27% | |
| Physics | 10 | 10% | 10% | 40% | |
| Biology | 9 | 0% | 33% | 78% | |
| Economics | 8 | 0% | 13% | 25% | |
| English Language | 8 | 13% | 13% | 50% | |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 14% | 57% | |
| Geography | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| Art and Design | 7 | 14% | 29% | 86% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11629: Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 60% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 5% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 61% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Rochdale council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.