The Oldham College
The Oldham College is a further education in Oldham for boys and girls aged 14 to 99.
Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL9 6AA0161 785 4000oldham.ac.ukMr Simon Jordan principal & chief executiveAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,599 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,599 | 1,289 | 1,222 | 1,199 | 2,088 | 2,279 |
| Average A level grade | z | z | – | – | – | – |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 22.08 | 22.21 | 24.05 | 30.49 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 20.07 | 21.31 | 20.95 | 27.97 | – | – |
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.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 1,150 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 53%, compared with 68% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 40% went on to degree-level study or training and 1% 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 | 62% | 61% | 68% | – |
| Education | 27% | 28% | 30% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 8% | 10% | 2% |
| Work | 26% | 25% | 28% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 31% | 30% | 26% | – |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy | Free school | 150 m | 950 | No overall grade 2025 | 87 | Compare |
| Northmoor Academy | Academy | 220 m | 346 | No overall grade 2024 | 26 | Compare |
| Richmond Academy | Academy | 350 m | 389 | Good 2023 | 14 | Compare |
| Oldham Sixth Form College | Academy 16-19 converter | 450 m | 0 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 490 m | 166 | Requires improvement 2023 | 1 | Compare |
| Future Finders Employability College | Special post 16 institution | 520 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Westwood Academy | Academy | 530 m | 242 | Outstanding 2024 | 89 | Compare |
| Westwood High | Independent | 560 m | 349 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Oldham College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Oldham College yet.
How many pupils does The Oldham College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL9 6AA
- Telephone
- 0161 785 4000
- Website
- www.oldham.ac.uk
- Principal & Chief Executive
- Mr Simon Jordan
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 14-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Coldhurst
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 130505 · LAESTAB 3538001 · UKPRN 10006770
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.
- 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.