Primary school in Rochdale
Spotland Primary Academy
Edmund Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 6QG
Ofsted
Graded Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 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
- 420
- Places
- 472
- How full
- 89% full — 420 of 472 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 197 / 223
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistently absent
- 19%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Rochdale 010G, 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
- 24%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 29%
- Households owning their home
- 55%
- Households in social housing
- 15%
- Households with no car
- 32%
- Adults economically inactive
- 47%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: Emma Dunn
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Ward
- Spotland & Falinge
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- URN
- 151640
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 39% | 0.4 mi |
| Broadfield Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 45% | 0.6 mi |
| Darul Madinah Rochdale LtdOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.6 mi |
| Greenbank Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 66% | 0.7 mi |
| St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 66% | 0.8 mi |
| All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 69% | 0.9 mi |
| Shawclough Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 63% | 0.9 mi |
| St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2021 | — | 0.9 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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