Falinge Park High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.605 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Falinge Park High School is a secondary school in Rochdale for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Falinge 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 | 1.605 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: last child offered a place lived 1.605 miles away, the 3rd longest of 7 Rochdale secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.55 miles).
- Year 7 2026 had 261 first-choice applications for 266 offers; 254 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 48.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Rochdale is 43.2%.
- The school has 15.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.4 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
- Falinge Road, Shawclough, Rochdale, OL12 6LD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 1,344 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 261 first-preference applications, 266 offers in total, 254 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.
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- Kingsway Park High School 1.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Wardle Academy 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hollingworth Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newhouse Academy 3.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published