New Bridge School
Academy special converter · Mixed · Oldham
Roman Road, Oldham, OL8 3PH
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
87.2%
36.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
728
Capacity used
Has space91%
800 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Gavin Lyons
- Address
- Roman Road, Hollinwood, Oldham, OL8 3PH
- Phone
- 01618832401
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward / constituency
- Failsworth East · Manchester Central
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138697
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 51% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 15% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: NEW BRIDGE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
728 pupils · 800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
05 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 506 pupils
Attendance
87.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
12.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
36.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
5.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.9%
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 over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 0.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.01 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 92 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2021/2022)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Language | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.