Littleborough Community Primary School
Calderbrook Road, Littleborough, OL15 9HW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Woodman
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 465
- Pupils on roll
- 313
- URN
- 105785
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706378556
About this school
Littleborough Community Primary School is a community primary school in Littleborough. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 313 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 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 | 55 | 62 | 40 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 69% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 11% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 82% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 90% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 85% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.00 | - | - |
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 Littleborough 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 | 64% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 363 |
| 2023/24 | 333 |
| 2024/25 | 324 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Littleborough Community Primary School compares
Littleborough Community Primary School ranked 13th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 4.4% | 27.8% | 313 | — |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 200 | 0.3 miles |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 71% | 4.9% | 17.1% | 200 | 0.4 miles |
| Stansfield Hall Church of England / Methodist Church Primary School | 37% | 4.4% | 38.3% | 103 | 0.8 miles |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 76% | 5.2% | 19.2% | 444 | 1.1 miles |
| Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School | 59% | 4.3% | 10.1% | 402 | 1.3 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)
- 27.78%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.43%
- Persistent absence
- 7.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Littleborough
-
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Littleborough
-
Stansfield Hall Church of England / Methodist Church Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Littleborough
-
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery1.1 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Littleborough
Other schools in Littleborough
Common questions
- What year groups does Littleborough Community Primary School teach?
- Littleborough Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Littleborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Littleborough Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Littleborough Community Primary School is Mrs Louise Woodman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Littleborough Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Littleborough 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 Littleborough Community Primary School?
- Littleborough Community Primary School has 313 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Littleborough Community Primary School full?
- Littleborough Community Primary School has capacity for 465 pupils and 313 on roll (67%), 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 Littleborough Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Littleborough Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Littleborough Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Littleborough Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Littleborough Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Littleborough Community Primary School rank locally?
- Littleborough Community Primary School ranked 13th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Littleborough Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Littleborough Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Littleborough Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Littleborough 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.