Marland Hill Community Primary School

Marland Hill Community Primary School continues to demonstrate strong performance as a good school, maintaining its reputation since the last inspection in May 2018. The school fosters a diverse and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe, happy, and engaged in learning. Leadership is proactive in promoting a broad and ambitious curriculum that encourages pupils' curiosity and reflection on their own and others' cultures. The school is particularly commendable for its inclusive practices, allowing pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) to thrive alongside their peers.

Strengths

• Pupils feel proud of their diverse school community.
• Leaders have designed a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• Teachers adapt their teaching based on pupils' understanding.
• Reading is prioritized, and vocabulary development is emphasized.
• Effective phonics teaching supports confident and fluent reading.
• Pupils with SEND receive tailored support and achieve well.
• Strong safeguarding measures are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the progression of learning from early years to Year 1 is not clearly defined.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Marland Hill Community Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Marland Hill Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Marland Hill Community Primary School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.7% of pupils at Marland Hill Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 6 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Marland Hill Community Primary School received £8,284 and spent £8,300 for each of its 452 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £93,000 (£207 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Marland Hill Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marland Hill Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Marland Hill Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Marland Hill Community Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Marland Hill Community Primary School have?

Marland Hill Community Primary School has 464 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marland Hill Community Primary School cover?

Marland Hill Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Marland Hill Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Marland Hill Community Primary School?

Marland Hill Community Primary School is at Roch Mills Crescent, Off Roch Valley Way, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 4QW.