EdStart Schools Oldham and Rochdale
EdStart Schools Oldham and Rochdale is an independent special school in Oldham for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 16 pupils and room for 35.
276 Maygate, Off Chadderton Way, Oldham, OL9 6TR0300 303 4414edstartschools.comMr Kevin Buchanan headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: 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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Path 4 | Independent | 330 m | 13 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Ellen House Secondary | Independent | 330 m | 54 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Burnley Brow Community School | Council | 470 m | 473 | Good 2023 | 77 | Compare |
| St Hilda's CofE Primary School | Church of England | 480 m | 377 | Good 2024 | 37 | Compare |
| Northmoor Academy | Academy | 760 m | 346 | No overall grade 2024 | 26 | Compare |
| Bare Trees Primary School | Council | 760 m | 636 | Good 2024 | 21 | Compare |
| Westwood Academy | Academy | 770 m | 242 | Outstanding 2024 | 89 | Compare |
| The Oldham College | Further education | 970 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is EdStart Schools Oldham and Rochdale a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score EdStart Schools Oldham and Rochdale yet.
How many pupils does EdStart Schools Oldham and Rochdale have?
16 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 35 places, so it is 46% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 276 Maygate, Off Chadderton Way, Oldham, OL9 6TR
- Telephone
- 0300 303 4414
- Website
- www.edstartschools.com
- Headteacher
- Mr Kevin Buchanan
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Coldhurst
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 13 March 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151393 · LAESTAB 3536028
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.