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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry121 applications · 30 places offered · 37 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.0; Rochdale median median 2.6
- 2025 3.1; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2024 3.6; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2023 3.6; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2022 3.8; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 3.4; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2020 3.1; Rochdale median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Rochdale median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Rochdale median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Rochdale median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.8; Rochdale median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.7; Rochdale median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Rochdale median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Rochdale median
Dashed bars: as St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale (URN 105849), 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 | 30 | 121 | 4.0 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2025 * | 29 | 89 | 3.1 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 * | 30 | 108 | 3.6 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 108 | 3.6 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 27 | 102 | 3.8 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 101 | 3.4 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 63 | 2.1 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 32 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 * | 24 | 67 | 2.8 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 38 | 1.27 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20244.0applications per place
- 0.1 km · RochdaleRemains Good20222.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · RochdaleGood20242.8applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · RochdaleSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place
- 1.3 km · RochdaleGood20242.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · RochdaleRemains Good20242.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Oldham20261.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · RochdaleGraded · no overall grade20255.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · RochdaleGood20234.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151820 · 354/5203
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 211 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2025
- Replaced
- St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale (URN 105849)
- Address
- Stanycliffe Lane, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2PB
- Local authority
- Rochdale
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources