SMS Changing Lives School

Other · Other independent special school · Ages 11–16 · Oldham

SMS Changing Lives School is an other school in Oldham for ages 11–16 (other independent special school).

Key facts

Address: Unit 2, Aniseed Park, Oldham Broadway Business Park, Oldham, OL9 9XA
Type: Other independent special school
Phase: Other
Ages: 11–16
Sector: See recorded establishment type
Admissions policy: Selective
Council: Oldham
Pupils on roll: 35 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: z of pupils eligible

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

No Ofsted grade

“Staff at SMS Changing Lives are focused on supporting pupils to re-engage with education.”
“Pupils have the support that they need to develop trusting and positive relationships with their peers and others who they encounter.”
“Typically, pupils attend school more than previously.”

“However, some of the curriculums are not delivered as successfully.”
“This impedes how well some pupils achieve across the curriculum.”
“In some subjects, checks on pupils’ learning are not as effective in identifying what they know and have remembered.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.

Straight-line distance, in Oldham.