The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Oldham for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Brian Clarke Church of England 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 458 first-choice applications for 224 offers: 2.0 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 14 Oldham secondary schools.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, 146 offers went to first-choice families and 312 first-choice families (68%) were not offered a place.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry no last distance was published, and the last admission criterion used was random allocation.
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
- Bloom Street, Shaw, Oldham, OL9 6BP
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 950 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “This is an extremely welcoming school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and rooted in high levels of care.”
- “As a result, pupils feel happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, this practice is not consistently secure across subjects and year groups.”
- “Consequently, from time to time, some pupils do not progress through the curriculum as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 458 first-preference applications, 224 offers in total, 146 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 Blue Coat CofE School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- E-ACT the Oldham Academy North 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Oldham 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Radclyffe School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Hathershaw College 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- North Chadderton School 1.6 mi Not judged
- Oasis Academy Leesbrook 1.7 mi Good Last distance published