Kentmere Primary Academy

Kentmere Primary Academy remains an outstanding school with a strong commitment to both academic achievement and personal development. Pupils thrive in a nurturing environment, feeling safe and engaged in their learning. The ambitious curriculum is effectively tailored to meet the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, resulting in exceptional progress across the board. The strong sense of community and the wealth of extracurricular opportunities contribute to pupils' enthusiasm and motivation.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve exceptionally well across the curriculum.
• Teachers demonstrate expert subject knowledge and enthusiasm.
• The school has a well-established and ambitious curriculum.
• Pupils with SEND receive highly effective support and make excellent progress.
• The approach to supporting pupils’ wider development is exceptional.

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 Kentmere Primary Academy attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.9% 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 Kentmere Primary Academy 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 Kentmere Primary Academy had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.9% 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 Kentmere Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 2024–25 Kentmere Primary Academy received £6,934 and spent £7,307 for each of its 330 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £215,000 (£650 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Watergrove Trust, income was £7,937 and spending £8,400 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Rochdale · Rochdale local authority: places and applications

Kentmere Primary Academy is part of Watergrove Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Wardle Academy Rochdale
• St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Rochdale
• St James' Church of England Primary School Rochdale
• Falinge Park High School Rochdale
• Moorhouse Academy Rochdale
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone Rochdale
• Sandbrook Community Primary School Rochdale
• Matthew Moss High School Rochdale

What is Kentmere Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kentmere Primary Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Kentmere Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Kentmere Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Kentmere Primary Academy have?

Kentmere Primary Academy has 353 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kentmere Primary Academy cover?

Kentmere Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Kentmere Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kentmere Primary Academy?

Kentmere Primary Academy is at Kentmere Avenue, Smallbridge, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 9EE.