Bowlee Park Community Primary School
Windermere Road, Langley, Manchester, M24 4LA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Aleksandra Hartshorne
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 840
- Pupils on roll
- 900
- URN
- 133446
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01616540257
About this school
Bowlee Park Community Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 900 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
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 | 119 | 124 | 121 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 69% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 75% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 84% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 81% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - | - |
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 Bowlee Park 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 | 70% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 903 |
| 2023/24 | 907 |
| 2024/25 | 907 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bowlee Park Community Primary School compares
Bowlee Park Community Primary School ranked 6th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 4.4% | 35.6% | 900 | — |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton | 48% | 5.6% | 33.2% | 462 | 0.4 miles |
| Parkfield Primary School | 63% | 5.2% | 33.6% | 212 | 0.7 miles |
| Little Heaton Church of England Primary School | 0% | 7.6% | 45.2% | 166 | 0.8 miles |
| Middleton Parish Church School | — | — | — | 432 | 0.9 miles |
| Hollin Primary School | 66% | 6.5% | 42.3% | 331 | 1.2 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)
- 35.55%
- English as an additional language
- 21.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.35%
- Persistent absence
- 8.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Parkfield Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Little Heaton Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Middleton Parish Church School0.9 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Hollin Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
Bowlee Park Community Primary School ranks 43rd of the 252 ranked primary schools in Manchester.
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primary
- Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Acacias Community Primary School Primary
- Acre Hall Primary School Primary
- Aldwyn Primary School Primary
- Alkrington Primary School Primary
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Primary
- All Saints Primary School Primary
- Alma Park Primary School Primary
- Armitage CofE Primary School Primary
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bowlee Park Community Primary School teach?
- Bowlee Park Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Bowlee Park Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bowlee Park Community Primary School is Mrs Aleksandra Hartshorne, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bowlee Park Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bowlee Park 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 Bowlee Park Community Primary School?
- Bowlee Park Community Primary School has 900 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bowlee Park Community Primary School full?
- Bowlee Park Community Primary School has capacity for 840 pupils and 900 on roll (107%), 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 Bowlee Park Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bowlee Park Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bowlee Park Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bowlee Park Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Bowlee Park Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bowlee Park Community Primary School rank locally?
- Bowlee Park Community Primary School ranked 6th of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bowlee Park Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Bowlee Park 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 Bowlee Park Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bowlee Park 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 30 June 2026.