Meanwood Community Nursery and 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
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Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Meanwood Community Nursery and 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, 39% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026, there were 34 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 44 of the 68 other Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- The school has 17.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale.
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
- Churchill Street, Rochdale, OL12 7DJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 298 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and discovering new learning with their friends.”
- “Pupils at this school are kind and caring.”
- “They form strong and trusting bonds with each other and staff.”
To improve
- “The school’s published data for 2023 indicates that the proportion of pupils who met the expected standards in reading, writing and mathematics was below the national average.”
- “Consequently, many pupils do not consistently benefit from the school’s well-thought-out curriculum.”
- “This impacts adversely on their achievement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 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) | 39% | 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, 45 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.
- Spotland Primary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Caldershaw Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shawclough Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadfield Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenbank Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Norden Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Healey Foundation Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published