Hollinwood Academy
Academy special sponsor led · Ages 4–19 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Hollinwood Academy is a special school in Oldham for ages 4–19 (academy special sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 17 April 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Hollinwood Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 17 April 2024, was that the school remains Outstanding; of the 8 nearest other schools in Oldham, 3 are Good and 5 have no current grade.
- 46.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.
- The school has 8.7 pupils per teacher, with 294 pupils on roll in January 2026.
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
- Roman Road, Hollinwood, Oldham, OL8 3PT
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 4–19
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 294 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 17 April 2024
Strengths
- “A real sense of enjoyment, purpose and positivity permeates through Hollinwood Academy.”
- “This is a happy school, filled with joy and smiles.”
- “The staff know the pupils and their individual needs well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 0% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 0% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 18.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Oldham.
- New Bridge School 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- Teenage Kicks 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Greater Manchester Independent School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hulme Grammar School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Spring Brook Academy 1.3 mi Good
- Chances Mentoring 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Kingfisher Special School 1.4 mi Standards maintained
- Halcyon Way School 1.4 mi Not judged