Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Rochdale
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 8 February 2022Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry70 applications · 24 places offered · 23 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.9; Rochdale median median 2.6
- 2025 2.1; Rochdale median median 2.5
- 2024 2.2; Rochdale median median 2.5
- 2023 2.7; Rochdale median median 2.5
- 2022 2.6; Rochdale median median 2.5
- 2021 2.7; Rochdale median median 2.5
- 2020 2.8; Rochdale median median 2.5
- 2019 2.3; Rochdale median median 2.0
- 2018 1.8; Rochdale median median 2.0
- 2017 1.8; Rochdale median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; Rochdale median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; Rochdale median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Rochdale median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Rochdale median
Dashed bars: as St James' Church of England Primary School (URN 105848), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 24 | 70 | 2.9 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 67 | 2.2 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 81 | 2.7 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 85 | 2.8 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2019 | 22 | 51 | 2.3 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 29 | 53 | 1.8 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 74 | 2.5 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 36 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 68% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Rochdale median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 57% | 7% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 10% | 105 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 77% | 6% | 106 | 105 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St James' Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Rochdale20262.5applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · RochdaleRemains Outstanding20242.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · RochdaleRemains Good20213.0applications per place
- 2.0 km · RochdaleGood20242.3applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · RochdaleRemains Good · improving20243.0applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · RochdaleGood20232.7applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · RochdaleGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · RochdaleStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144689 · 354/5202
- Trust
- Watergrove Trust
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 210 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- St James' Church of England Primary School (URN 105848)
- Address
- Crossfield Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9JW
- Local authority
- Rochdale
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources