Sandbrook Community Primary School
Hartley Lane, Rochdale, OL11 2LR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WATERGROVE TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Brereton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Watergrove Trust
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 583
- URN
- 149510
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706647743
About this school
Sandbrook Community Primary School is a primary academy in Rochdale. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 583 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 89 | 86 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 |
Trends over time
How Sandbrook 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 | — | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 56.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 624 |
| 2024/25 | 598 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sandbrook Community Primary School compares
Sandbrook Community Primary School ranked 43rd of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 6.7% | 59.4% | 583 | — |
| 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 |
| Deeplish Primary Academy | 71% | 5.2% | 38.2% | 452 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report17 March 2026
- 18 February 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.36%
- English as an additional language
- 39.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.7%
- Persistent absence
- 24.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ashfield Valley Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
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
-
Deeplish Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
Other schools in Rochdale
Sandbrook Community Primary School ranks 27th of the 32 ranked primary 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 teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Rochdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Sandbrook Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Sandbrook Community Primary School is Mrs Sarah Brereton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sandbrook Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sandbrook 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 Sandbrook Community Primary School?
- Sandbrook Community Primary School has 583 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Sandbrook Community Primary School full?
- Sandbrook Community Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 583 on roll (93%), 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 Sandbrook Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Sandbrook Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sandbrook Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Sandbrook Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Sandbrook Community Primary School?
- Sandbrook Community Primary School is part of WATERGROVE TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Sandbrook Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2023/24 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sandbrook Community Primary School rank locally?
- Sandbrook Community Primary School ranked 43rd of 55 primary schools in Rochdale for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sandbrook Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Sandbrook Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 10 July 2026.