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Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 219 pupils Rochdale
Ofsted: Good
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Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Rochdale for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 219 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2024 of its predecessor, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale.

Ofsted inspection: May 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Kingsway
Rochdale
Lancashire
OL16 4AW
Reference Number 151681

General Makeup

Number of pupils 219
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.88%
Girls: 46.12%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 27%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 26.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 9 26
2 13 17 30
3 12 17 29
4 14 16 30
5 18 12 30
6 18 13 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 52.5%
African 9.1%
Asian, Other 8.7%
White, Other 6.8%
Pakistani 6.4%
Mixed, Other 3.2%
White & Asian 0.9%
Indian 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, inspected in June 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
08 May 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 17 0
Third Preference 17 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy had 205 pupils for 210 places. 5 places (2.4%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Rochdale Central Primary” planning area

Rochdale counted 424 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 453 in 2029–30, up 7%.

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 Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 11.0
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days 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, 24.7% of pupils at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 25 3
No specialist assessment of need 15 0
Specific learning difficulty 5 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 3
Moderate learning difficulty 4 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 1
Social, emotional and mental health 1 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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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What is Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2024 of its predecessor, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale.

When was Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy have?

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy has 219 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy cover?

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy?

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is at Kingsway, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 4AW.

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