Primary school in Rochdale
Norden Primary Academy
Shawfield Lane, Norden, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 7RQ
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 30 March 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 370
- Places
- 420
- How full
- 88% full — 370 of 420 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 187 / 183
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Rochdale 007B, 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
- 38%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 13%
- Households owning their home
- 87%
- Households in social housing
- 1%
- Households with no car
- 9%
- Adults economically inactive
- 39%
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
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE HARMONY TRUST LTD
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Rachael Bentham
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Ward
- Norden
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- URN
- 151320
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittaker Moss Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 74% | 0.5 mi |
| St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2023 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Caldershaw Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Bamford AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 50% | 1 mi |
| Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 39% | 1.1 mi |
| Spotland Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Inadequate 2024 | — | 1.4 mi |
| Shawclough Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 63% | 1.5 mi |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School, BamfordVoluntary aided school | Outstanding 2024 | 76% | 1.7 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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