Spotland Primary Academy
Edmund Street, Rochdale, OL12 6QG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE HARMONY TRUST LTD
- Headteacher
- Ms Emma Dunn
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Harmony Trust
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 420
- URN
- 151640
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Telephone
- 01706648198
About this school
Spotland Primary Academy is a primary academy in Rochdale. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 420 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
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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Spotland Primary School (URN 105776).
How Spotland Primary Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.5% | — | 420 | — |
| Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School | 39% | 5.8% | 57.1% | 298 | 0.4 miles |
| Broadfield Community Primary School | 45% | 5.8% | 47.6% | 406 | 0.6 miles |
| Greenbank Primary School | 66% | 5.9% | 32.2% | 423 | 0.7 miles |
| St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School | 66% | 5.5% | 35.5% | 304 | 0.8 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 69% | 6% | 35.9% | 204 | 0.9 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.
- Overall absence
- 6.46%
- Persistent absence
- 18.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Broadfield Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Greenbank Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School0.9 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 Spotland Primary Academy teach?
- Spotland Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Rochdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Spotland Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Spotland Primary Academy is Ms Emma Dunn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Spotland Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Spotland Primary Academy, 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 Spotland Primary Academy?
- Spotland Primary Academy has 420 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Spotland Primary Academy full?
- Spotland Primary Academy has capacity for 472 pupils and 420 on roll (89%), 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 Spotland Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Spotland Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Spotland Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Spotland Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Spotland Primary Academy?
- Spotland Primary Academy is part of THE HARMONY TRUST LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Spotland Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Spotland Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census.
- Does Spotland Primary Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Spotland Primary Academy. 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 3 July 2026.