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Schools in Rochdale
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Middleton Technology School 86 61 1023.1 NA
Falinge Park High School 37 34 998.9 NA
Matthew Moss High School 38 33 995.8 NA
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School, Rochdale 65 48 990.5 221.5
St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School, Heywood 54 45 987.1 NA
Oulder Hill Community School and Language College 55 43 985.5 232.1
Hollingworth High School 61 44 982.3 NA
Springhill High School 42 10 980.9 NA
Wardle High School 45 42 967.4 275.6
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, Rochdale 42 39 961.5 220.4
Balderstone Technology College 36 24 959.4 NA
Siddal Moor Sports College 44 38 959.3 NA
Heywood Community High School 33 21 937.7 NA
Queen Elizabeth School, The 24 22 933.6 NA
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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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