The Blue Coat CofE School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · 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 🔒
The Blue Coat CofE School is a secondary school in Oldham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 29 November 2022. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
The Blue Coat CofE 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 611 first-choice applications for 232 offers: 2.6 first choices per offer, the highest of 14 Oldham secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 228 offers went to first-choice families, and 383 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 290 of the 1,624 applications came from families living outside Oldham, and 69 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
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
- Egerton Street, Chadderton, Oldham, OL1 3SQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,702 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 29 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, flourish at this school.”
- “They are immensely proud of their school and its history.”
- “Pupils are consistently polite and respectful.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 2023 (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) | 74% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 59.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 611 first-preference applications, 232 offers in total, 228 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.
- The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- E-ACT the Oldham Academy North 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Leesbrook 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Waterhead Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Hathershaw College 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oasis Academy Oldham 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Radclyffe School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published