Chances Mentoring
Chances Mentoring is an independent special school in Oldham for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 17 pupils and room for 60.
Unit 3 Whitegate Business Centre, Jardine Way, Oldham, OL9 9JT0795 527 3449chancesmentoring.comMs Bethany Peak headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Oldham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 17 | 2 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingfisher Special School | Academy | 70 m | 218 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Halcyon Way School | Free school | 130 m | 130 | No overall grade 2024 | – | Compare |
| Yew Tree Community School | Council | 480 m | 619 | No overall grade 2024 | 39 | Compare |
| Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | Academy | 590 m | 1,469 | Requires improvement 2023 | 3 | Compare |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | Church of England | 790 m | 273 | Good 2022 | 90 | Compare |
| Stanley Road Primary School | Council | 980 m | 443 | Good 2024 | 35 | Compare |
| Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School | Council | 0.7 miles | 208 | No overall grade 2025 | 9 | Compare |
| Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | – | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Chances Mentoring a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Chances Mentoring yet.
How many pupils does Chances Mentoring have?
17 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 60 places, so it is 28% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Unit 3 Whitegate Business Centre, Jardine Way, Oldham, OL9 9JT
- Telephone
- 0795 527 3449
- Website
- www.chancesmentoring.com
- Headteacher
- Ms Bethany Peak
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Chadderton South
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 27 September 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 151219 · LAESTAB 3536026
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.