Deeplish Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Rochdale·OL11 1LT
Composite score
49.6
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National rank
#1023
In North West
#22
In Rochdale
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
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
100%
48 first choices, 52 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
135
any preference, for 52 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9120231.0020240.8120250.922026

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

Every child who put Deeplish Primary 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
451
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
38.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
71.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,517
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Deeplish Primary Academy

Deeplish Primary Academy is a primary school in Rochdale, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 451 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 71% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 104 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Deeplish Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 52 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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