The Blue Coat CofE School

Term dates

This school sets its own term dates, which are different from Oldham council's. See the school's own term 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 Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 611 families put this school as their first choice, and 232 places were offered. 228 of the families who put it first got a place (37%). More families put it first than there were places.

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 November 2022. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

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

11–18

Pupils

1702 (capacity 1550)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

Diocese

Diocese of Manchester

Academy trust

CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST

Phone

01616241484

Address

Egerton Street, Chadderton, Oldham, OL1 3SQ

Website

blue-coat.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports