Belfield Community School
Samson Street, Belfield, Rochdale, OL16 2XW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Carly Wilson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 457
- Pupils on roll
- 429
- URN
- 105780
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706341363
About this school
Belfield Community School is a community primary school in Rochdale. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 429 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. 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 | 46 | 46 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 63% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 72% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 72% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 65% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.20 | - | - |
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 Belfield Community 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 | 70% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 406 |
| 2023/24 | 424 |
| 2024/25 | 441 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Belfield Community School compares
Belfield Community School ranked 46th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 6.9% | 41.4% | 429 | — |
| Heybrook Primary School | 73% | 5.2% | 47.7% | 688 | 0.5 miles |
| Hamer Community Primary School | 55% | 3.9% | 54.8% | 323 | 0.6 miles |
| Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 55% | 7.6% | 54.2% | 117 | 0.7 miles |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 219 | 0.7 miles |
| St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School | 66% | 5.5% | 35.5% | 304 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.4%
- English as an additional language
- 56.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.86%
- Persistent absence
- 21.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heybrook Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Hamer Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rochdale
Other schools in Rochdale
Belfield Community School ranks 28th 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
- 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
- Greenbank Primary School Primary
- Hamer Community Primary School Primary
- Healey Foundation Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Belfield Community School teach?
- Belfield Community School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Rochdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Belfield Community School?
- The headteacher of Belfield Community School is Miss Carly Wilson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Belfield Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Belfield Community 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 Belfield Community School?
- Belfield Community School has 429 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Belfield Community School full?
- Belfield Community School has capacity for 457 pupils and 429 on roll (94%), 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 Belfield Community School a faith school?
- No. Belfield Community School has no designated religious character.
- Does Belfield Community School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Belfield Community School as having nursery classes.
- How have Belfield Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Belfield Community School rank locally?
- Belfield Community School ranked 46th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Belfield Community School's absence rate?
- Belfield Community School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Belfield Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Belfield Community 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.