Greenbank Primary School
Greenbank Road, Rochdale, OL12 0HZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Walsh
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 423
- URN
- 105768
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706647923
About this school
Greenbank Primary School is a community primary school in Rochdale. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 423 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 73 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 55% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 7% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 64% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 70% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 73% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.80 | - | - |
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 Greenbank 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 | 56% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 461 |
| 2023/24 | 473 |
| 2024/25 | 428 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Greenbank Primary School compares
Greenbank Primary School ranked 19th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 5.9% | 32.2% | 423 | — |
| St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School | 66% | 5.5% | 35.5% | 304 | 0.1 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 69% | 6% | 35.9% | 204 | 0.2 miles |
| Heybrook Primary School | 73% | 5.2% | 47.7% | 688 | 0.4 miles |
| Healey Foundation Primary School | 73% | 3.9% | 24.5% | 209 | 0.7 miles |
| Hamer Community Primary School | 55% | 3.9% | 54.8% | 323 | 0.7 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)
- 32.15%
- English as an additional language
- 67.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.89%
- Persistent absence
- 18.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Heybrook Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Healey Foundation Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Hamer Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
Other schools in Rochdale
Greenbank Primary School ranks 12th 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
- Castleton Primary School Primary
- Crossgates Primary School Primary
- Deeplish Primary Academy Primary
- Hamer Community Primary School Primary
- Healey Foundation Primary School Primary
Recorded changes at this school
Previous headteacher: Mrs S Hartley (until July 2026).
- Headteacher changed from Mrs S Hartley to Mrs Lisa Walsh recorded 18 Jul 2026
Common questions
- What year groups does Greenbank Primary School teach?
- Greenbank Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Rochdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Greenbank Primary School?
- The headteacher of Greenbank Primary School is Mrs Lisa Walsh, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Greenbank Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Greenbank 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 Greenbank Primary School?
- Greenbank Primary School has 423 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Greenbank Primary School full?
- Greenbank Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 423 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 Greenbank Primary School a faith school?
- No. Greenbank Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Greenbank Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Greenbank Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Greenbank Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Greenbank Primary School rank locally?
- Greenbank Primary School ranked 19th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Greenbank Primary School's absence rate?
- Greenbank 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 Greenbank Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Greenbank 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 18 July 2026.