Healey Foundation Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Rochdale·OL12 0ST
Composite score
55.6
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#5,288
National rank
#698
In North West
#12
In Rochdale
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
22 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
68
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.30
00.511.52
1 per place
1.6020221.3020231.1720241.3020251.002026

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 Healey Foundation 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
208
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,156
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Healey Foundation Primary School is a primary school serving Rochdale, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 208 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 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 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Healey Foundation 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 4.4%. There are about 23.1 pupils per teacher. Healey Foundation 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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