Castleton 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
Castleton Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 3–11 (community school). Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Castleton 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
- The latest inspection, on 12 May 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement, on 15 November 2023.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 55% met expected standard, 4th lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale that have results.
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
- Hillcrest Road, Castleton, Rochdale, OL11 2QD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 352 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils know that they belong and are welcome at Castleton.”
- “Relationships between pupils, staff, parents and carers are positive.”
- “Pupils benefit from the school’s values of kindness, courage and curiosity.”
To improve
- “Pupils in key stage 1 develop their skills in handwriting and spelling, but sometimes they do not apply this well enough in their written work.”
- “At times, their workbooks are not representative of this and do not support pupils in applying what they have learned in lessons.”
- “Even so, the rates of persistent absence remain above the national average.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2026 (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) | 55% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 34 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.
- St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edward's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandbrook Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashfield Valley Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Marland Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brimrod Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Thornham 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published