Harwood Park Primary School
Hardfield Street, Heywood, OL10 1DG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Davies
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 291
- URN
- 105796
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706396660
About this school
Harwood Park Primary School is a community primary school in Heywood. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 291 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Harwood Park Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 | 56 | 48 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 52% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 58% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 63% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 60% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Harwood Park 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 | 59% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 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 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 367 |
| 2023/24 | 340 |
| 2024/25 | 317 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harwood Park Primary School compares
Harwood Park Primary School ranked 45th 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 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 6% | 51.5% | 291 | — |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy | 66% | 5% | 22.6% | 373 | 0.4 miles |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.7% | 32.6% | 446 | 0.5 miles |
| Hopwood Community Primary School | 68% | 3.8% | 22.2% | 421 | 0.6 miles |
| All Souls Church of England Primary School | 87% | 3.8% | 20% | 234 | 0.7 miles |
| Woodland Community Primary School | 54% | 6% | 49.6% | 564 | 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)
- 51.51%
- English as an additional language
- 26.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.01%
- Persistent absence
- 16.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
St Luke's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
Hopwood Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
All Souls Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
Woodland Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Heywood
Other schools in Heywood
Harwood Park Primary School ranks 7th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Heywood.
- All Souls Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hopwood Community Primary School Primary
- Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford Primary
- Woodland Community Primary School Primary
- Edgar Wood Academy Secondary
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College Secondary
- Newhouse Academy Secondary
- Oak Haven School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Harwood Park Primary School teach?
- Harwood Park Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Heywood.
- Who is the headteacher of Harwood Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Harwood Park Primary School is Mrs Amanda Davies, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Harwood Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harwood Park 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 many pupils are at Harwood Park Primary School?
- Harwood Park Primary School has 291 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Harwood Park Primary School full?
- Harwood Park Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 291 on roll (69%), 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 Harwood Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Harwood Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Harwood Park Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Harwood Park Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Harwood Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% 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 Harwood Park Primary School compare with other schools in Rochdale?
- Harwood Park Primary School ranked 45th 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 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Harwood Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Harwood Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harwood Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harwood Park 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.