UK Schools
Whitworth Community High School
Whitworth Community High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in ROCHDALE, Lancashire County Council, teaching 654 pupils aged 11 to 16. Its last Ofsted inspection in March 2023 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 50.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 5 January 2026 to 13 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Whitworth Community High School.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Whitworth Community High School.
- 1 Inset Day 1 (School closed to students)
- 2 School reopens after summer break
- 18–19 Inset Days 2 & 3 (School closed to students)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3 School reopens after half term
- 18 School closes for Christmas Holiday
- 19 Inset Day 4 (School closed to staff and students)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 School reopens for Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 School reopens after half term
- 27 School closes for Easter Holiday
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 School reopens for Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (May Day Closure)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School reopens after half term
- 17 School closes for Summer Holiday
- 20 Inset Day 5 (School closed to staff and students)
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day 1 (School closed to students) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- School reopens after summer break Sep 2, 2025 Holiday
- Inset Days 2 & 3 (School closed to students) Sep 18-19, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School reopens after half term Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- School closes for Christmas Holiday Dec 18, 2025 Holiday
- Inset Day 4 (School closed to staff and students) Dec 19, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens for Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens after half term Feb 23, 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Easter Holiday Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens for Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday (May Day Closure) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens after half term Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Summer Holiday Jul 17, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day 5 (School closed to staff and students) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Whitworth Community High School with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 50.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 17.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 96% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lancashire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Whitworth Community High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Whitworth Community High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.