Brimrod Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Brimrod Community Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 17 July 2024. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Brimrod Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as happened at 44 of the 68 other Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception in 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Rochdale schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Holborn Street, Rochdale, OL11 4NB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “Children in the early years, and pupils across key stages 1 and 2, soon settle in and make friends at this warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils respect each other and their teachers.”
- “Pupils enjoy positive relationships with staff who care about them.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, pupils do not learn as much as they could.”
- “However, some of the support that the school provides for struggling readers is not as effective as it could be.”
- “This sometimes hampers these pupils from developing into confident and fluent readers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 15 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 15 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Rochdale.
- Marland Hill Community Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashfield Valley Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sandbrook Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broadfield Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Deeplish Primary Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castleton Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edward's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published