Hopwood Community Primary School
Magdala Street, Heywood, OL10 2HN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Harland
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 421
- URN
- 105798
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706360494
About this school
Hopwood Community Primary School is a community primary school in Heywood. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 421 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hopwood Community 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 59 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 75% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 22% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 92% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 81% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 92% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - | - |
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 Hopwood 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 | 75% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 421 |
| 2023/24 | 422 |
| 2024/25 | 419 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hopwood Community Primary School compares
Hopwood Community Primary School ranked 15th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 3.8% | 22.2% | 421 | — |
| Harwood Park Primary School | 49% | 6% | 51.5% | 291 | 0.6 miles |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy | 66% | 5% | 22.6% | 373 | 0.7 miles |
| All Souls Church of England Primary School | 87% | 3.8% | 20% | 234 | 1.0 miles |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.7% | 32.6% | 446 | 1.0 miles |
| Woodland Community Primary School | 54% | 6% | 49.6% | 564 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.2%
- English as an additional language
- 2.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.78%
- Persistent absence
- 5.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Harwood Park Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
All Souls Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
St Luke's Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Heywood
-
Woodland Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Heywood
Other schools in Heywood
Hopwood Community Primary School ranks 3rd of the 8 ranked primary schools in Heywood.
- All Souls Church of England Primary School Primary
- Harwood Park 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 Hopwood Community Primary School teach?
- Hopwood Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Heywood.
- Who is the headteacher of Hopwood Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hopwood Community Primary School is Miss Sarah Harland, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hopwood Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hopwood 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 many pupils are at Hopwood Community Primary School?
- Hopwood Community Primary School has 421 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Hopwood Community Primary School full?
- Hopwood Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 421 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Hopwood Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hopwood Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hopwood Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hopwood Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Hopwood Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hopwood Community Primary School compare with other schools in Rochdale?
- Hopwood Community Primary School ranked 15th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hopwood Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Hopwood Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hopwood Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hopwood 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.