All Saints Church of England Primary School

All Saints Church of England Primary School is a warm, supportive and aspirational community where pupils are happy and proud to attend. Inspectors found high expectations for pupils’ academic and social success, and most pupils achieve well across a range of subjects. The school’s curriculum is engaging and ambitious, carefully sequenced from the early years to Year 6, and staff benefit from well-planned professional development that builds secure subject knowledge. Reading is a top priority, phonics is taught consistently well, and pupils who need extra help catch up quickly. Children get a confident start in the early years, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified swiftly and supported well through close work with parents and other professionals. Pupils behave well around school, including those who sometimes need sensitive help to regulate their behaviour, and attendance is improving through celebration strategies and close partnership with families and external agencies. Personal development is a strong feature: pupils learn how to stay healthy and safe online, show compassion when discussing sensitive issues, and learn about different cultures and faiths. Governors provide effective support and challenge, staff well-being is considered, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it remains a good school overall. The main areas for improvement are limited but clear. In a small number of subjects, teachers do not consistently identify and address key gaps in pupils’ subject knowledge, which holds some pupils back from achieving as well as they could. In addition, spelling, punctuation and handwriting errors in some pupils’ independent writing are not always checked and corrected, so some pupils repeat the same errors over time.

Strengths

• Warm, supportive and aspirational school community where pupils are happy and proud
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff
• High expectations for academic and social success
• Most pupils achieve well across a range of subjects
• Engaging and ambitious curriculum carefully sequenced from early years to Year 6
• Well-planned professional development gives staff secure subject knowledge
• Reading is a top priority and phonics is taught consistently well
• Pupils who need extra reading help catch up quickly
• Children make a confident start in the early years, including Nursery
• Pupils with SEND are identified swiftly and teaching is adapted well
• Pupils behave well around school
• Sensitive support helps pupils who struggle to regulate their behaviour
• Attendance is improving through positive strategies and partnership work
• Strong wider development, including health, online safety and well-being
• Pupils show compassion and learn about different cultures and faiths
• Governors provide effective support and challenge
• Staff well-being and workload are considered
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, teachers do not identify and address key gaps in pupils’ subject knowledge
• Spelling, punctuation and handwriting errors in independent writing are not always identified and addressed, so some pupils repeat them

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 All Saints Church of England Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at All Saints Church of England 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 All Saints Church of England Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 13.7% of pupils at All Saints Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 All Saints Church of England Primary School received £7,879 and spent £7,872 for each of its 193 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £134,000 (£695 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 All Saints Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for All Saints Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was All Saints Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

All Saints Church of England Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does All Saints Church of England Primary School have?

All Saints Church of England Primary School has 204 pupils on roll.

What age range does All Saints Church of England Primary School cover?

All Saints Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are All Saints Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is All Saints Church of England Primary School?

All Saints Church of England Primary School is at Maud Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 0EL.