E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy
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 Royton and Crompton Academy is a secondary school in Oldham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
E-ACT Royton and Crompton 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 |
|---|---|
| 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 8 July 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome, on 22 November 2022, was Requires improvement.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 38.7 (England 46).
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as were applicants at all 8 other Oldham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 152 first-choice applications for 221 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 69 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Blackshaw Lane, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6NT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 975 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud ambassadors for the school.”
- “They make a strong contribution to the calm and respectful atmosphere that exists at the school.”
- “Pupils form trusting relationships with staff, who care for them extremely well.”
To improve
- “In 2024, the attainment of pupils at the end of Year 11 was significantly below the national average.”
- “However, at times, teaching does not address gaps or misconceptions that pupils have in their learning.”
- “When this happens, some pupils move on to new learning before they are ready.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 October 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.7 | 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: 152 first-preference applications, 221 offers in total, 152 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 Crompton House Church of England Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good
- E-ACT the Oldham Academy North 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Blue Coat CofE School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Waterhead Academy 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Chadderton School 2.2 mi Not judged
- Oasis Academy Leesbrook 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Radclyffe School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published