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The Blue Coat CofE School
📍 Egerton Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3SQ
Ofsted: Outstanding (29 November 2022)
About this school
The Blue Coat CofE School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Oldham, Lancashire. The school has 1,669 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 29 November 2022. The Headteacher is Rob Higgins. The school is administered by Oldham local authority. It belongs to CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST. The school has a Church of England religious character. It opened in 1 August 2011.
School details
- Headteacher
- Rob Higgins
- Trust
- CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- URN
- 137133
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
59.1
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.50
Progress 8 · 2023-24
74%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
88%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
5.49
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
88%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
- Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
- Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
- Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
- EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.
Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →
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