Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Manchester, Rochdale
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.899 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School is a secondary school in Manchester, Rochdale for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 May 2022. Rochdale and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.899 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- There were 275 first-choice applications for 201 offers for Year 7 in 2026, 1.4 first choices per offer, the highest of 13 Rochdale secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 194 offers went to first-choice families, and 81 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.899 miles from the school, the 2nd shortest of 7 Rochdale secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 32% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 40.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Rochdale schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rochdale Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2GL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 1,186 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Cardinal Langley, including sixth-form students, are proud of their school.”
- “They build positive relationships with staff and with each other.”
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and are well supported to achieve their full potential.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent across subjects.”
- “There is some work ongoing to secure the consistency of these adaptations and strategies further so that pupils are supported even more effectively across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 275 first-preference applications, 201 offers in total, 194 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Rochdale.
- St Anne's Church of England Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Dixons Middleton Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Edgar Wood Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newhouse Academy 1.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Matthew Moss High School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsway Park High School 3.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published