The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
Oldham, OL9 6BP · Oldham local authority
Oldham’s School Grade C− better than 18% of towns in England
What stands out about The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- 42% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 30%)
- Ofsted: Inspected, June 2025 (shown, not graded)
- 32% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (146 of 458)
- Homes in its postcode sector (OL9 6) sold for a median £130,000; Oldham’s is £165,000
How hard is it to get a place at The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy?
32% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2023 (112), 2024 (306), 2025 (299), 2026 (312). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Cranmer Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Oldham council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
32% got their first choice
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025719 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
No published GCSE results: a new school with no Year 11 yet, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), June 2025.
Living near The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in OL9 6, the school’s postcode sector
Oldham property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in OL9 6 sell for well under Oldham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
46 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Oldham, OL9 6BP
The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy: common questions
How hard is it to get into The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy?
For September 2026, 458 families put The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy first and 146 of them were offered a place; 224 places were offered in all.
What is The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (June 2025).
How much do houses cost near The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, OL9 6, sold for a median £130,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (53 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Oldham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.