Sandbrook Community Primary School
Hartley Lane, Rochdale, OL11 2LR
This school is closed (it closed in February 2023).
It was replaced by Sandbrook Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Charlton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 626
- URN
- 134966
- Local authority
- Rochdale
About this school
Sandbrook Community Primary School was a community primary school in Rochdale. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 626 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Sandbrook Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2005, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 |
| Writing progress | +0.70 |
| Maths progress | -1.80 |
How Sandbrook Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.9% | 48.3% | 626 | — |
| Sandbrook Community Primary School | 51% | 6.7% | 59.4% | 583 | 0.0 miles |
| Ashfield Valley Primary School | 83% | 6.2% | 28.6% | 239 | 0.4 miles |
| Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 222 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone | — | — | — | 208 | 0.5 miles |
| Brimrod Community Primary School | 68% | 5.7% | 39% | 208 | 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.3%
- English as an additional language
- 40.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.9%
- Persistent absence
- 27.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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Sandbrook Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Rochdale
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Ashfield Valley Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochdale
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Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone0.5 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Brimrod Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
Other 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 Sandbrook Community Primary School teach?
- Sandbrook Community Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Rochdale.
- Has Sandbrook Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Sandbrook Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Sandbrook Community Primary School?
- Sandbrook Community Primary School had 626 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are Sandbrook Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sandbrook 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 13 September 2023.