Sapience Girls Academy
Sapience Girls Academy is an independent school in Oldham for girls aged 11 to 16. It has 51 pupils and room for 100.
319 Waterloo Street, Glodwick, Oldham, OL4 1ER0161 652 8563Miss Kishwar Naaz headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
23 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 23 | 17 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 43.7 | 39.0 | 43.7 | 46.8 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 52% | 24% | 37% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 57% | 24% | 59% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 4.03 | 3.81 | 3.85 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 48% | 18% | 47% | 41% |
Subjects
Results came out for 8 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
Strongest subjects
Subjects that did worse than the England average: Business (41% here, 51% across England), English Language (46% here, 54% across England).
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Studies | 22 | 27% | 77% | 86% | 60% | – |
| Mathematics | 22 | 0% | 55% | 64% | 53% | – |
| English Language | 22 | 5% | 46% | 68% | 54% | – |
| Business | 22 | 0% | 41% | 50% | 51% | – |
| Combined Science | 21 | 5% | 33% | 67% | 36% | – |
| English Literature | 18 | 17% | 83% | 89% | 58% | – |
| History | 17 | 12% | 59% | 88% | 52% | – |
| Other Modern Languages | 16 | 31% | 100% | 100% | 49% | – |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
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 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 51 | 78 | 68 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 28% | 12% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glodwick Infant and Nursery School | Council | 130 m | 365 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Alexandra Park Junior School | Academy | 380 m | 342 | Requires improvement 2021 | 2 | Compare |
| Greenhill Academy | Academy | 520 m | 524 | Good 2020 | 15 | Compare |
| Horton Mill Community Primary School | Council | 550 m | 238 | No overall grade 2025 | 14 | Compare |
| Roundthorn Primary Academy | Academy | 770 m | 245 | Good 2023 | 67 | Compare |
| Westwood Boys School | Independent | 920 m | 44 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Leesbrook | Free school | 980 m | 1,349 | Good 2023 | 51 | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Clarksfield | Academy | 0.6 miles | 461 | Good 2023 | 23 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Sapience Girls Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Sapience Girls Academy yet.
How good are Sapience Girls Academy's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 52% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 43.7, against 46.8 for England.
How many pupils does Sapience Girls Academy have?
51 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 100 places, so it is 51% full. It is a girls' school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 319 Waterloo Street, Glodwick, Oldham, OL4 1ER
- Telephone
- 0161 652 8563
- Headteacher
- Miss Kishwar Naaz
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Girls
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- St Mary's
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 7 February 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149339 · LAESTAB 3536009 · UKPRN 10093707
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- 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.