Primary school in Heywood, Rochdale
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Heys Lane, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 3RD
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 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
- Places
- 210
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Rochdale 019C, 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
- 21%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 23%
- Households owning their home
- 58%
- Households in social housing
- 23%
- Households with no car
- 29%
- Adults economically inactive
- 41%
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 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Nicole McShane
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Ward
- West Heywood
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- URN
- 152264
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 54% | 0.3 mi |
| Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 48% | 0.5 mi |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2020 | 66% | 0.7 mi |
| Heap Bridge Village Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.9 mi |
| Harwood Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 49% | 0.9 mi |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | No grade | 67% | 1.1 mi |
| Fairfield Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 1.2 mi |
| Hopwood Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Outstanding 2024 | 68% | 1.3 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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