Heybrook Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Heybrook Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Heybrook 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
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place: 83 first-choice applications for 88 offers, with 5 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Across the borough, 44 of the 68 other Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
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
- Park Road, Rochdale, OL12 9BJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 688 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Everyone is warmly welcomed to this school.”
- “Regardless of their past experiences, they benefit from every opportunity to be successful in their education.”
- “The school teaches pupils to celebrate their differences.”
To improve
- “The exact knowledge that pupils should learn has not been finalised.”
- “As a result, teachers sometimes lack the clarity that they need to deliver these subjects well.”
- “This hinders how well pupils build up their knowledge in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 83 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 83 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 Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greenbank Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hamer Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Belfield Community School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Kentmere Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Broadfield Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published