Norden Primary Academy

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Norden Community Primary School, inspected in March 2023.

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 2025–26 Norden Primary Academy had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

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 Norden Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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.

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Norden Primary Academy is part of The Harmony Trust Ltd, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Spotland Primary Academy Rochdale
• Westwood Academy Oldham
• Northmoor Academy Oldham
• Richmond Academy Oldham
• Greenhill Academy Oldham
• Alt Academy Oldham
• Greenfield Primary Academy Cheshire
• Reigate Park Primary Academy Derby
• Hackwood Primary Academy Derby
• Cavendish Close Junior Academy Derby

What is Norden Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Norden Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2023 of its predecessor, Norden Community Primary School.

When was Norden Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Norden Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Norden Primary Academy have?

Norden Primary Academy has 370 pupils on roll.

What age range does Norden Primary Academy cover?

Norden Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is Norden Primary Academy?

Norden Primary Academy is at Shawfield Lane, Norden, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 7RQ.