Kingsway Park High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingsway Park High School is a secondary school in Rochdale for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Kingsway Park High 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 18% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 35.3 (England 46).
- Every Year 7 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 5 of the 12 other Rochdale secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 206 first-choice applications for 230 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 24 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility covers 49.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43.2% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Rochdale.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Rochdale schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Turf Hill Road, Rochdale, OL16 4XA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 1,289 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “This school is warm and welcoming.”
- “It has high expectations of how pupils should behave.”
- “Recently, the school has begun to take effective action to address the poor behaviour of some pupils.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, a minority of pupils have ongoing concerns that bullying is not addressed consistently well.”
- “This impacts negatively on how safe and happy these pupils feel at school.”
- “Even so, in some subjects, the delivery of this curriculum does not help pupils to achieve as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 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) | 18% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.3 | 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: 206 first-preference applications, 230 offers in total, 206 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 Rochdale.
- St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hollingworth Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Falinge Park High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Matthew Moss High School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oulder Hill Leadership Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wardle Academy 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newhouse Academy 3.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published