Primary schools in Rochdale
41 primary schools in Rochdale, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Rochdale in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 40 schools in Rochdale first 1,454 times for 1,469 places: 0.99 first choices per place. 7 of the 40 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 8 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.41 miles (Ashfield Valley Primary School) to 1.67 miles (St Peter's Church of England Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Caldershaw Primary School
- Kentmere Primary Academy
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- All Saints Church of England Primary School
- Ashfield Valley Primary School
- Belfield Community School
- Brimrod Community Primary School
- Broadfield Community Primary School
- Crossgates Primary School
- Deeplish Primary Academy
- Hamer Community Primary School
- Heybrook Primary School
- Marland Hill Community Primary School
- Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School
- Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary School
- Moorhouse Academy
- Norden Primary Academy
- Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Shawclough Community Primary School
- St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale
- St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School
- St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone
- St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
- Whittaker Moss Primary School
- Castleton Primary School
- Greenbank Primary School
- Newhey Community Primary School
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery
- St James' Church of England Primary School
- Sandbrook Community Primary School
- St Edward's Church of England Primary School
- St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- Spotland Primary Academy
- Healey Foundation Primary School
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Lowerplace Primary Academy
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School
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