Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service
Saxon Hall, Samson Street, Rochdale, OL16 2XW
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Shields
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 136
- URN
- 133409
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 03003038384
About this school
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service is a special school in Rochdale. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 136 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service, 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 123 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
| 2024/25 | 186 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
- 21 May 2024
-
Ungraded inspection report12 July 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 75.81%
- English as an additional language
- 7.5%
Location
Nearby schools
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Springside0.6 miles
Special schools · Manchester
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Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd0.9 miles
Independent schools · Rochdale
-
Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd0.9 miles
Independent schools · Rochdale
-
Meadows School0.9 miles
Special schools · Rochdale
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Rochdale Islamic Academy1.0 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Rochdale
- Great Howarth School Special schools
- Healey Learning Centre Special schools
- Heywood Academy Free Schools
- Meadows School Special schools
- Redwood Special schools
- Whitehall Academy Special schools
- Willow View School Special schools
- Howard Street Nursery School Nursery
- 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
Common questions
- What ages does Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service teach?
- Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Rochdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service?
- The headteacher of Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service is Mr David Shields, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service, 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 Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service?
- Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service has 136 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service a faith school?
- No. Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service has no designated religious character.
- Does Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 30 June 2026.