Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

About Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Heywood, Rochdale, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 216 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 48% 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 risen by 9.0 percentage points year on 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 101 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 21 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 24.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% 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. 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 above.