Ellen House Secondary
Ellen House Secondary is an independent school in Oldham for boys aged 11 to 16. It has 54 pupils and room for 180.
Ellen House, Waddington Street, Oldham, OL9 6QH0161 302 1216ellenhousesecondary.orgAmmar Sheikh 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.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
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 | 54 | 24 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% |
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 | 0 m | 13 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| EdStart Schools Oldham and Rochdale | Independent | 330 m | 16 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Burnley Brow Community School | Council | 410 m | 473 | Good 2023 | 77 | Compare |
| Westwood Academy | Academy | 550 m | 242 | Outstanding 2024 | 89 | Compare |
| Bare Trees Primary School | Council | 620 m | 636 | Good 2024 | 21 | Compare |
| St Hilda's CofE Primary School | Church of England | 660 m | 377 | Good 2024 | 37 | Compare |
| Northmoor Academy | Academy | 730 m | 346 | No overall grade 2024 | 26 | Compare |
| Westwood High | Independent | 770 m | 349 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Ellen House Secondary a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Ellen House Secondary yet.
How many pupils does Ellen House Secondary have?
54 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 180 places, so it is 30% full. It is a boys' school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Ellen House, Waddington Street, Oldham, OL9 6QH
- Telephone
- 0161 302 1216
- Website
- ellenhousesecondary.org
- Headteacher
- Ammar Sheikh
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Boys
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Coldhurst
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 4 June 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150669 · LAESTAB 3536022
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.