Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Rochdale
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry46 applications · 20 places offered · 21 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.3; Rochdale median median 2.6
- 2025 3.6; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2024 3.6; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2023 4.0; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2022 2.8; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 3.5; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2020 3.1; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2019 2.4; Rochdale median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; Rochdale median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; Rochdale median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 3.1; 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 Thomas' Church of England Primary School (URN 105824), 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 | 20 | 46 | 2.3 | 21 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 * | 11 | 39 | 3.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 11 | 39 | 3.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 13 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2021 * | 21 | 73 | 3.5 | 30 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2020 * | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 21 | 51 | 2.4 | 23 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 * | 21 | 49 | 2.3 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 * | 16 | 39 | 2.4 | 13 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 * | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 21 | 52 | 2.5 | 23 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 21 | 42 | 2.0 | 20 | 0.95 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.3applications per place
- 0.6 km · Rochdale20262.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · RochdaleGood20234.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · RochdaleGood20232.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · OldhamRemains Good20222.4applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · RochdaleGood20232.7applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · OldhamRemains Good20223.3applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Oldham20263.9applications per place 52%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
- 151600 · 354/3325
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 147 pupils · 111 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2025
- Replaced
- St Thomas' Church of England Primary School (URN 105824)
- Address
- Huddersfield Road, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3QZ
- Local authority
- Rochdale
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources