Rochdale Sixth Form College
Rochdale Sixth Form College is an academy 16-19 converter in Rochdale for boys and girls aged 16 to 19. It has 0 pupils and room for 1,480. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
College Road, Rochdale, OL12 6HY01706 769800Mr Karl Smith headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,092 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,092 | 967 | 978 | 969 | 1,653 | 1,527 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | 37.33 | 35.99 | 34.66 | 37.62 | 33.00 | 34.99 |
| Average A level grade | B- | B- | C+ | B- | C+ | C+ |
| Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS | 38.60 | 37.02 | 35.80 | 37.22 | 30.22 | 35.73 |
| AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects | 17% | 15% | 13% | 15% | 8% | 11% |
| A level progressA level value added | +0.48 | +0.41 | – | – | +0.25 | +0.44 |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 40.59 | 39.53 | 40.09 | 41.48 | – | – |
| Stayed and finishedRetained and assessed | 94% | 93% | 93% | 94% | 97% | 99% |
A level subjects
25 A level subjects had results in 2025. Each figure is the share of students who got an A* to B, next to the average for state sixth forms in England. When only a handful of students take a subject, its figures jump around from year to year.
Strongest A levels
Every A level subject against England, 2025
A levels only. BTECs, T levels and other courses are in the table above. Subjects with fewer than five students aren't published.
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 Rochdale 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 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 0 | 0 |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% |
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 942 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 86%, compared with 88% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 77% went on to degree-level study or training and 15% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 87% | 88% | 91% | – |
| Education | 67% | 64% | 70% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 7% | 7% | 1% |
| Work | 16% | 17% | 14% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 9% | 9% | 6% | – |
Money
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadfield Community Primary School | Council | 400 m | 406 | Good 2023 | 16 | Compare |
| Spotland Primary Academy | Academy | 600 m | 420 | Inadequate 2024 | 0 | Compare |
| Howard Street Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 650 m | 73 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Whitehall Academy | Independent | 730 m | 28 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Beech House School | Independent | 870 m | 135 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 910 m | 213 | Good 2021 | – | Compare |
| Falinge Park High School | Academy | 940 m | 1,344 | Good 2023 | 21 | Compare |
| Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd | Independent | 0.6 miles | 0 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Rochdale Sixth Form College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Rochdale Sixth Form College yet.
How many pupils does Rochdale Sixth Form College have?
0 pupils aged 16 to 19 were on the roll in January 2022. It has 1,480 places, so it is 0% full.
Does Rochdale Sixth Form College have a sixth form?
Yes. The average A level grade in 2025 was B-. 25 A level subjects had results in 2025; the full list is in the results section.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- College Road, Rochdale, OL12 6HY
- Telephone
- 01706 769800
- Headteacher
- Mr Karl Smith
- Type of school
- Academy 16-19 converter (Academy 16-19 converter, academies)
- Phase
- Sixth form / post-16, ages 16-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Altus Education Partnership (5 schools)
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Ward
- Spotland & Falinge
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2017 (academy converter)
- URN
- 144463 · LAESTAB 3544002 · UKPRN 10063421
- Formerly
- Rochdale Sixth Form College
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 2022.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- A level subjects: DfE A level and other 16 to 18 results, subject entries and grades, 2024/25.
- 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.