Parkfield Primary School

Community school·Primary school Manchester, Rochdale·M24 4AF
Composite score
48.0
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National rank
#1127
In North West
#27
In Rochdale
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
64%
39 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.34
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
137
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.38
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1 per place
1.1020221.6020231.2020240.9620251.342026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Rochdale does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Parkfield Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
214
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
32.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,057
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Parkfield Primary School is a primary school serving Manchester, Rochdale, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 214 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Parkfield Primary School 'Good'. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 27.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Parkfield Primary School is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 39 first choices for 29 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 23.8 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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