Primary school in Rochdale
Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Great Gates Road, Kirkholt, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 2DA
Ofsted
Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 5 March 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 222
- Places
- 236
- How full
- 94% full — 222 of 236 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 106 / 116
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Rochdale 016C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 20%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 29%
- Households owning their home
- 26%
- Households in social housing
- 67%
- Households with no car
- 46%
- Adults economically inactive
- 46%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Elizabeth Evans
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Ward
- Balderstone & Kirkholt
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- URN
- 151602
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbrook Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 51% | 0.4 mi |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BalderstoneAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Ashfield Valley Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 83% | 0.7 mi |
| Nuqtah Primary SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.8 mi |
| Lowerplace Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 41% | 0.8 mi |
| Castleton Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 55% | 0.9 mi |
| Deeplish Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 71% | 0.9 mi |
| St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, RochdaleVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 48% | 1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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