Bamford Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester, Rochdale·OL11 5PS
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1944
In North West
#56
In Rochdale
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
0.65
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
115
any preference, for 40 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9020230.8020240.6420250.652026

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

Every child who put Bamford Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
360
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,308
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Bamford Academy

Bamford Academy is a primary school in Manchester, Rochdale, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 360 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 15.0 percentage points compared with 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Bamford Academy their first choice was offered one of its 40 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 24.8 pupils per teacher. Bamford Academy 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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