Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 7 Needs attention
- 18 February 2020Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Sandbrook Community Primary School, URN 134966
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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 entry135 applications · 60 places offered · 57 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.3; Rochdale median median 2.6
- 2025 2.0; Rochdale median median 2.5
- 2024 2.0; Rochdale median median 2.5
- 2023 2.1; Rochdale median median 2.5
- 2022 1.9; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 1.8; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; Rochdale median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.3; Rochdale median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Rochdale median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Rochdale median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Rochdale median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Rochdale median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Rochdale median
Dashed bars: as Sandbrook Community Primary School (URN 134966), 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 | 60 | 135 | 2.3 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 76 | 148 | 2.0 | 58 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 62 | 125 | 2.0 | 49 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2023 | 61 | 127 | 2.1 | 58 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 * | 64 | 119 | 1.9 | 57 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 * | 75 | 131 | 1.8 | 63 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 * | 72 | 138 | 1.9 | 63 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 * | 76 | 109 | 1.4 | 71 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 80 | 106 | 1.3 | 66 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 * | 90 | 128 | 1.4 | 91 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 * | 85 | 132 | 1.6 | 81 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 132 | 2.2 | 86 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2014 * | 71 | 101 | 1.4 | 65 | 0.92 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 66% · Writing 69% · Maths 65% → all three 51% 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 | 51% | 6% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 1% | 102 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 44% | 6% | 101 | 100 |
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
- Sandbrook Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · RochdaleGood20233.9applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · RochdaleStandards maintained20252.5applications per place
- 0.9 km · RochdaleRemains Good20223.4applications per place
- 1.1 km · RochdaleRemains Good · concerns noted20244.2applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · RochdaleStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Rochdale20262.6applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · RochdaleRemains Good20242.6applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · RochdaleRemains Good20212.4applications per place
- 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
- 149510 · 354/3511
- Trust
- Watergrove Trust
- Capacity
- 630 pupils · 583 on roll
- Free school meals
- 64.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2023
- Replaced
- Sandbrook Community Primary School (URN 134966)
- Address
- Hartley Lane, Rochdale, OL11 2LR
- Local authority
- Rochdale
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources