Academy · Oldham
Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–16
- Roman Catholic
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Oldham council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 186 families put this school as their first choice, and 265 places were offered. 186 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 17 May 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 1469 (capacity 1650)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Academy trust
- EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01617858858
- Address
- Off Canon Dolan Way, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 9QY
- Website
- newmanrc.oldham.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.