SCHOOL PROFILE

Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College: data, trends and context

Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College is a secondary school in Rochdale. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
131726
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Voluntary aided school
Status
Open
Local authority
Rochdale
Region
North West
Postcode
OL10 2AA
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic/Church of England
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
768
FSM eligible
20.6%
EAL / First language other than English
12.0%
SEND (total)
17.8%
SEN Support
13.2%
EHCP
4.7%
White British
79.0%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.5%
Overall absence
7.5%
Persistent absence
22.1%
Severe absence
4.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
RochdaleLocal authority90.9%9.1%4.9%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
20.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
8.3%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.26%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
43.4
English & maths grade 5+
44.3%
English & maths grade 4+
69.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College against 25 similar schools

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Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College is a secondary school in Rochdale. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.