North Chadderton School is a secondary academy in Oldham, United Kingdom with 1,524 pupils, part of The Oak Trust. Ofsted: Requires improvement, inspected 6 December 2022. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: MIS and Data Manager (closes 30 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Nikola Westhead Nicholas Angus, Headteacher
Trust or group
The Oak Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,524 pupils · 52% girls · 25.3% eligible for free school meals · 17.0% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
140 (9.2%) on SEN support · 53 (3.5%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Salary £34,945 to £38,236 a yearCloses 30 NovStarts as soon as possible
Full timeAdministration and business
Role: MIS and Data Manager Location: North Chadderton School, Chadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BNHours: 36 hours 40 minutes per week, full year or term time plus 10…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
44.4
37.7%
2024/25
43.8
32.0%
2023/24
44.2
44.1%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
6 December 2022
Graded inspection
Requires improvement
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
91.0
16.7
–
0
£51,979
2024/25
98.7
15.9
25%
0
£50,399
2023/24
105.7
14.9
25%
0
£46,380
2022/23
105.8
15.1
18%
0
£45,145
2021/22
102.0
15.5
10%
0
£41,317
2020/21
105.2
14.9
13%
0
£40,251
Earlier years (2014/15 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
93.7
16.5
7%
0
£39,263
2018/19
92.6
16.1
14%
0
£38,427
2017/18
88.5
16.2
19%
0
£38,228
2016/17
95.9
14.8
22%
0
£37,897
2015/16
95.0
15.1
13%
0
£37,339
2014/15
90.2
16.2
19%
0
£35,557
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
8.0%
2.3%
22.9%
2.3%
2024/25
7.9%
2.6%
20.3%
2.5%
2023/24
8.0%
2.5%
21.7%
2.6%
2022/23
8.2%
2.8%
23.0%
2.2%
2021/22
7.8%
2.0%
21.8%
2.3%
2020/21
5.4%
0.9%
14.1%
1.4%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.2%
1.2%
8.5%
0.4%
2017/18
4.2%
1.1%
8.2%
0.3%
2016/17
4.3%
1.2%
9.1%
0.6%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
10 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 5 teaching, 3 support, 2 leadership. Most often advertised: Assistant Head of Year (2), Apprentice Site Officer, Design Technology Technician. Last advertised September 2026.
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Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.