St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Littleborough, Rochdale·OL15 8DU
Composite score
36.4
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#11,996
National rank
#1787
In North West
#47
In Rochdale
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
68
any preference, for 23 places

Every child who put St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary 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
217
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£1,731
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

About St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Littleborough, Rochdale, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 217 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary 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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