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Waterhead Academy

URN: 144508

Address: Huddersfield Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 3NY
SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

The overall outcome of the inspection on 18 October 2022 was:

Inadequate

Quality of education:

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes:

Inadequate

Personal development:

Requires Improvement

Leadership and management:

Inadequate

Inadequate

All reports

  1. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 05 December 2023
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection: InadequateSchool inspection, PDF - 19 January 2023
    PDF – Published

  3. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 09 May 2019
    PDF – Published
  4. Opened

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About Waterhead Academy

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: Unknown
  • Religious character: None
  • Local authority: Oldham

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 1128
  • School capacity: 1500

Location

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  • Address: Huddersfield Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 3NY
  • Region: North West

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Part of SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES

At the same postcode

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