St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton

Voluntary aided school · Primary school · Manchester, Rochdale
M24 5GL
Composite score
31.2

About St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton is a primary school in Manchester, Rochdale, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 468 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 48% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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 further down the page.

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#13,174
National rank
#1992
In North West
#59
In Rochdale
Top 89%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
48%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
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

School profile

Pupils on roll 468 % FSM ever-6 33.2% % EAL 34.2% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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