Castleton Primary School
Hillcrest Road, Castleton, Rochdale, OL11 2QD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Lindsay Torrance
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 350
- Pupils on roll
- 352
- URN
- 105765
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706631858
About this school
Castleton Primary School is a community primary school in Rochdale. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 352 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 | 61 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 52% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 43% | 72% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 64% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 80% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.70 | - | - |
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 Castleton 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 | 31% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 363 |
| 2023/24 | 350 |
| 2024/25 | 335 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Castleton Primary School compares
Castleton Primary School ranked 37th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 5.9% | 33% | 352 | — |
| St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale | 48% | 4.3% | 20.9% | 197 | 0.2 miles |
| St Edward's Church of England Primary School | 54% | 5.9% | 28.1% | 316 | 0.4 miles |
| Sandbrook Community Primary School | 51% | 6.7% | 59.4% | 583 | 0.7 miles |
| Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 222 | 0.9 miles |
| Ashfield Valley Primary School | 83% | 6.2% | 28.6% | 239 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report12 May 2026
- 15 November 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33%
- English as an additional language
- 23%
- Overall absence
- 5.93%
- Persistent absence
- 17.99%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale0.2 miles
Primary · Rochdale
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St Edward's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Sandbrook Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
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Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Rochdale
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Ashfield Valley Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Rochdale
Other schools in Rochdale
Castleton Primary School ranks 23rd 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
- Brimrod Community Primary School Primary
- Broadfield Community Primary School Primary
- Caldershaw 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 Castleton Primary School teach?
- Castleton Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Rochdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Castleton Primary School?
- The headteacher of Castleton Primary School is Miss Lindsay Torrance, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Castleton Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Castleton 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 Castleton Primary School?
- Castleton Primary School has 352 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Castleton Primary School full?
- Castleton Primary School has capacity for 350 pupils and 352 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Castleton Primary School a faith school?
- No. Castleton Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Castleton Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Castleton Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Castleton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 31% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Castleton Primary School rank locally?
- Castleton Primary School ranked 37th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Castleton Primary School's absence rate?
- Castleton Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Castleton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Castleton 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 15 July 2026.