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Schools in Rochdale

98 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Rochdale has 91 state schools: 69 primary, 13 secondary, 2 nursery. Between them they teach around 34,352 pupils. 66 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.1 out of 10, and 3 score 8 or above.

5 have a sixth form. 47 take children from age three or under. 37 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Heywood 13 schools
Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Rochdale · Good Alkrington Primary School Manchester · Good All Saints Church of England Primary School Rochdale · Not judged All Souls Church of England Primary School Heywood · Outstanding Ashfield Valley Primary School Rochdale · Good Bamford Academy Manchester · Good Beech House School Rochdale Belfield Community School Rochdale · Not judged Boarshaw Community Primary School MANCHESTER · Good Bowlee Park Community Primary School Manchester · Outstanding Brimrod Community Primary School Rochdale · Good Broadfield Community Primary School Rochdale · Good Caldershaw Primary School Rochdale · Outstanding Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School Manchester · Good Castleton Primary School Rochdale · Requires improvement Crossgates Primary School Rochdale · Good Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd Rochdale Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd Rochdale Deeplish Primary Academy Rochdale · Good Dixons Middleton Academy Manchester · Good Edgar Wood Academy Heywood · Requires improvement Elizabeth House School · Good Elm Wood Primary School Manchester · Good Falinge Park High School Rochdale · Good Greenbank Primary School Rochdale · Good Hamer Community Primary School Rochdale · Good Harwood Park Primary School Heywood · Good Healey Foundation Primary School Rochdale · Good Heap Bridge Village Primary School Bury · Good Heybrook Primary School Rochdale · Good Heywood Academy Rochdale Hollin Primary School Manchester · Good Hollingworth Academy Rochdale · Good Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Rochdale Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College Heywood · Good Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Littleborough · Good Hopwood Community Primary School Heywood · Outstanding Hopwood Hall College Manchester · Good Howard Street Nursery School Rochdale · Good Kentmere Primary Academy Rochdale · Outstanding Kingsway Park High School Rochdale · Good Little Heaton Church of England Primary School Manchester · Requires improvement Littleborough Community Primary School Littleborough · Not judged Lowerplace Primary School Rochdale · Good Marland Hill Community Primary School Rochdale · Good Matthew Moss High School Rochdale · Good Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School Rochdale · Good Middleton Parish Church School Manchester · Not judged Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary School Rochdale · Good Moorhouse Academy Rochdale · Good Newhey Community Primary School Rochdale · Good Newhouse Academy Heywood · Requires improvement Newlands School Manchester · Good Norden Primary Academy Rochdale · Good Nuqtah Primary School Rochdale Oak Haven School Heywood · Requires improvement Oulder Hill Leadership Academy Rochdale · Not judged Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Heywood · Good Parkfield Primary School Manchester · Good Redwood Rochdale · Good Rochdale Islamic Academy Rochdale · Good Rochdale Islamic Academy · Requires improvement Rochdale Sixth Form College Rochdale · Outstanding Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Rochdale Sandbrook Community Primary School Rochdale · Requires improvement Shawclough Community Primary School Rochdale · Good Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School Littleborough · Good Spotland Primary Academy Rochdale · Inadequate Springside Manchester · Good St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Rochdale · Good St Anne's Church of England Academy Manchester · Good St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy Rochdale · Requires improvement St Edward's Church of England Primary School Rochdale · Not judged St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School Manchester · Good St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale Rochdale · Good St James' Church of England Primary School Rochdale · Good St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester St John's Church of England Primary School, Thornham Slattocks · Good St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Rochdale St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy Heywood · Good St Luke's Church of England Primary School Heywood · Not judged St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Heywood · Good St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone Rochdale · Good St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton Manchester · Good St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Littleborough St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Alkrington Manchester · Not judged St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford Heywood · Outstanding St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale · Good St Peter's Church of England Primary School Rochdale · Good St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale Manchester · Not judged St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton, Rochdale Manchester · Not judged St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Rochdale · Good St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Rochdale · Requires improvement Stansfield Hall Church of England / Methodist Church Primary School Littleborough · Not judged Sunny Brow Nursery School Manchester · Outstanding Wardle Academy Rochdale · Good Whittaker Moss Primary School Rochdale · Good Woodland Community Primary School Heywood · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Norden Primary Academy Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bamford Academy Good · ×0.65 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Woodland Community Primary School Good · ×0.65 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Dixons Middleton Academy Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School Good · ×0.76 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hollin Primary School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Harwood Park Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Boarshaw Community Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Rochdale

Primary schools: Catchment area with sibling is criteria 4-5, ahead of out-of-catchment distance tiebreaker. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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