Wardle Academy
Birch Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9RD
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,366 (700 boys, 666 girls)
- Capacity: 1200
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 30.2%
- Telephone: 01706373911
- Ofsted: Good (12 Dec 2017); ungraded inspection 20 Oct 2022: School remains Good
- Attainment 8: 44.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 552 applications, 264 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Rochdale
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles, straight line)
- St James' Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- Kentmere Primary Academy (0.8 miles, straight line)
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.9 miles, straight line)
- Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School (0.9 miles, straight line)
- Hamer Community Primary School (1 miles, straight line)
