St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Rochdale·OL12 9QA
Composite score
59.9
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#3,953
National rank
#503
In North West
#9
In Rochdale
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
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
100%
41 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
111
any preference, for 45 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery 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
434
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,777
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Rochdale, St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 434 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 1.0 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 27% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 41 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery 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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