Belfield Community School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Rochdale
Belfield Community School is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Samson Street, Belfield, Rochdale, OL16 2XW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 429 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud ambassadors of their school.”
- “They embrace and celebrate the diversity within its community.”
- “There is always a warm welcome for everyone, no matter when they arrive.”
To improve
- “At times, teachers are unsure what should be checked to ensure that pupils know and remember key information at the end of a unit of work.”
- “Added to this, the school continues to refine its approaches to supporting pupils to embed their knowledge securely in the long term in these subjects.”
- “While pupils have broad knowledge of topics learned, some do not demonstrate the same depth of understanding over time that they do of more recent learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2025 (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) | 49% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 51 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as Rochdale published it, drawn on the map
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Rochdale.
- Heybrook Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hamer Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moorhouse Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Kentmere Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published