Falinge Park High School, Rochdale

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Falinge Park High School

Falinge Road, Shawclough, Rochdale OL12 6LD

http://www.falingepark.com/

Falinge Park High School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Rochdale). It has about 1,350 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. In February 2023 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Finances and Disadvantaged pupils. Relative weaknesses include Environment and Attainment.

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.9		Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
1.9		Matthew Moss High School
1.9		Kingsway Park High School
2.0		Wardle Academy
2.3		Whitworth Community High School
2.7		St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
2.9		Hollingworth Academy
3.5		Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
3.6		Newhouse Academy
3.9		The Crompton House Church of England Academy
4.3		St Anne's Church of England Academy
4.3		Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School

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Finances: About average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress up to age 16 is below average. Destinations at 16 are above average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Destinations: About average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is roughly average.

Admissions: Below average. The occupancy rate is quite high and the offer rate is roughly average. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Progress: Poor. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attainment: Poor. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Attendance: Poor. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very high.

Environment: Poor. Air pollution and traffic accidents are quite high, while crime is very high.

Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.

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Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

No A-level data

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