Newhey Community Primary School
Hawthorn Lane, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 4JX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs L Sykes
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 295
- Pupils on roll
- 285
- URN
- 105789
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706847658
About this school
Newhey Community Primary School is a community primary school in Rochdale. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 285 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 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 | 45 | 46 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 37% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 54% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 54% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 63% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.90 | - | - |
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 Newhey 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 | 56% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 312 |
| 2023/24 | 302 |
| 2024/25 | 300 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newhey Community Primary School compares
Newhey Community Primary School ranked 33rd of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 6.2% | 31.8% | 285 | — |
| St Thomas' Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | 111 | 0.4 miles |
| Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary School | 63% | 4.8% | 30.3% | 192 | 0.8 miles |
| Rushcroft Primary School | 80% | 5.2% | 33.7% | 164 | 1.0 miles |
| Crossgates Primary School | 62% | 4.2% | 17.2% | 312 | 1.1 miles |
| Moorhouse Academy | 55% | 6.1% | 52.5% | 210 | 1.1 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 report17 March 2026
- 1 December 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.84%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.2%
- Persistent absence
- 17.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Rushcroft Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Crossgates Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Moorhouse Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Rochdale
Other schools in Rochdale
Newhey Community Primary School ranks 20th 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
- Greenbank Primary School Primary
- Hamer Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Newhey Community Primary School teach?
- Newhey Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Rochdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Newhey Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Newhey Community Primary School is Mrs L Sykes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Newhey Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Newhey 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 Newhey Community Primary School?
- Newhey Community Primary School has 285 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Newhey Community Primary School full?
- Newhey Community Primary School has capacity for 295 pupils and 285 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Newhey Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Newhey Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Newhey Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Newhey Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Newhey Community 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 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Newhey Community Primary School rank locally?
- Newhey Community Primary School ranked 33rd of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Newhey Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Newhey Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Newhey Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newhey 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.