Saddleworth School
Secondary school in Oldham. Requires improvement (Jan 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 30 January 2024, report published 24 April 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Saddleworth School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Saddleworth School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around July 2026
The last inspection was in January 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 2.4 milesMossley Hollins High School
Good (Mar 2023)
- 2.8 milesCo-op Academy Strinesdale
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jan 2025)
- 3.4 milesOasis Academy Leesbrook
Good (Jan 2023)
- 4.2 milesSt Damian's RC Science College
School remains Outstanding (Jun 2023)
- 4.2 milesE-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jul 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.