Brimrod Community Primary School
Holborn Street, Rochdale, OL11 4NB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Thompson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 208
- URN
- 105764
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706647146
About this school
Brimrod Community Primary School is a community primary school in Rochdale. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 208 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 17 July 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good, but had some concerns; a full inspection will follow. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 31 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 74% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 87% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 81% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 87% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Brimrod Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Rochdale average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 222 |
| 2023/24 | 220 |
| 2024/25 | 219 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brimrod Community Primary School compares
Brimrod Community Primary School ranked 16th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 5.7% | 39% | 208 | — |
| Marland Hill Community Primary School | 60% | 5% | 35.1% | 464 | 0.2 miles |
| Ashfield Valley Primary School | 83% | 6.2% | 28.6% | 239 | 0.4 miles |
| Sandbrook Community Primary School | 51% | 6.7% | 59.4% | 583 | 0.7 miles |
| St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 213 | 0.7 miles |
| Broadfield Community Primary School | 45% | 5.8% | 47.6% | 406 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39%
- English as an additional language
- 69.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.73%
- Persistent absence
- 17.74%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marland Hill Community Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Ashfield Valley Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Sandbrook Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Broadfield Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rochdale
Other schools in Rochdale
Brimrod Community Primary School ranks 11th of the 32 ranked primary schools in Rochdale.
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ashfield Valley Primary School Primary
- Belfield Community School Primary
- Broadfield Community Primary School Primary
- Caldershaw Primary School Primary
- Castleton Primary School Primary
- Crossgates Primary School Primary
- Deeplish Primary Academy Primary
- Greenbank Primary School Primary
- Hamer Community Primary School Primary
- Healey Foundation Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Brimrod Community Primary School teach?
- Brimrod Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Rochdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Brimrod Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brimrod Community Primary School is Mrs Louise Thompson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brimrod Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brimrod Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Brimrod Community Primary School?
- Brimrod Community Primary School has 208 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Brimrod Community Primary School full?
- Brimrod Community Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 208 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Brimrod Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brimrod Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brimrod Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Brimrod Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Brimrod Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brimrod Community Primary School rank locally?
- Brimrod Community Primary School ranked 16th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brimrod Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Brimrod Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brimrod Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brimrod Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.