St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Manchester, Rochdale·M24 2BE
Composite score
55.2
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#5,407
National rank
#715
In North West
#14
In Rochdale
Top 37%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
29 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
70
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.7520230.8720240.9620250.972026

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 St Gabriel's Church of England 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
224
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,740
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Manchester, Rochdale, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 224 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 15.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 37% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 97% of the families who made St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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