St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Rochdale council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Rochdale's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

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, 103 families put this school as their first choice, and 127 places were offered. 103 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, 29 March 2022. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as St Cuthbert's RC High School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

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

1023 (capacity 1200)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Salford

Academy trust

ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01706647761

Address

Shaw Road, Thornham, Rochdale, OL16 4RX

Website

stcuthberts.stoccat.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports