E-ACT the Oldham Academy North
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
E-ACT the Oldham Academy North is a secondary school in Oldham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
E-ACT the Oldham Academy North 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 Year 7 entry, as at all 8 other Oldham secondary schools with a published outcome.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 83 first-choice applications for 232 offers: 0.4 first choices per offer, the lowest of 14 Oldham secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a place for 2026 Year 7 entry, and 149 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 48.2 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oldham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Broadway, Royton, Oldham, OL2 5BF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,258 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “The school is unrelenting in its pursuit of excellence for all pupils.”
- “Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, rise to meet the school’s very high expectations.”
- “They achieve highly, including in public examinations at the end of Year 11.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2025 (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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.2 | 46 |
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: 83 first-preference applications, 232 offers in total, 83 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 Oldham.
- E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Chadderton School 1.1 mi Not judged
- The Blue Coat CofE School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Radclyffe School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Crompton House Church of England Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Waterhead Academy 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published