St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Heywood · OL10 4XB
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 16 January 2020
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446 pupils · 100% of 446 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 30.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 24.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.4% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.stlukesceprimary.co.uk
- URN
- 105805
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.41 first-choice applications per place59 places offered · 83 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 11 March 2025: S5 Inspection
- 15 January 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 26 January 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Heywood Academy
- All Souls Church of England Primary School
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford
- Harwood Park Primary School
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy
- Woodland Community Primary School
- Hopwood Community Primary School