Schools in Rochdale

About schools in Rochdale

Rochdale lists 64 schools, most of them primary schools. Its eight secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

60%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 32 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

41.3

average Attainment 8 score, across the 9 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Howard Street Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

Primary schools41

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 5 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• All Saints Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Ashfield Valley Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Belfield Community School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  49%

  expected standard
• Brimrod Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Broadfield Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Caldershaw Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Castleton Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Crossgates Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Deeplish Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Greenbank Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Hamer Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Healey Foundation Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Heybrook Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Kentmere Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Lowerplace Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Marland Hill Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  39%

  expected standard
• Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Moorhouse Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Newhey Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Norden Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Sandbrook Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  51%

  expected standard
• Shawclough Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Spotland Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

• St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St Edward's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• St James' Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

• St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• St Peter's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• St Thomas' Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

• St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Whittaker Moss Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  74%

  expected standard

Secondary schools8

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Falinge Park High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

• Hollingworth Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  51.1

  Attainment 8
• Kingsway Park High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  35.3

  Attainment 8
• Matthew Moss High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  39.4

  Attainment 8
• Oulder Hill Leadership Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  44.4

  Attainment 8
• St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  39.7

  Attainment 8
• Wardle Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  44.1

  Attainment 8
• Whitworth Community High School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  50.3

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Rochdale Sixth Form College

  Academy 16-19 converter · Ages 16 to 19

Special schools and alternative provision8

• Great Howarth School

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 18

• Healey Learning Centre

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Heywood Academy

  Free schools special · Ages 11 to 19

• Meadows School

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 5 to 16

• Redwood

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 19

• Whitehall Academy

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 11

• Willow View School

  Other independent special school · Ages 6 to 18

Independent schools5

• Beech House School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 16

• Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 12 · Girls

• Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd

  Other independent school · Ages 5 to 6

• Nuqtah Primary School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 11

• Rochdale Islamic Academy

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 16 · Boys

Common questions about schools in Rochdale

How many schools does Rochdale have?

OfferDay lists 64 schools in Rochdale, including 41 primary schools and eight secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Rochdale?

Every school in Rochdale is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Rochdale ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Rochdale where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.