Ashfield Valley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.405 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Ashfield Valley Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Ashfield Valley 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 | 0.405 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.405 miles away, the 3rd shortest of the 24 Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 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
- New Barn Lane, Rochdale, OL11 1TA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 239 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils described their school as a safe, warm and welcoming place to learn.”
- “There is a culture of tolerance and respect for others.”
- “Pupils strive to display the ‘Ashfield Valley Way’ of being kind, honest, resilient, respectful and responsible at all times.”
To improve
- “Nonetheless, in some subjects, a small number of teachers do not have sufficiently secure subject knowledge.”
- “Occasionally, in these subjects, teachers are unable to provide pupils with consistently highquality explanations or models to help pupils understand new concepts and ideas.”
- “As a result, a few pupils do not develop the depth of subject knowledge of which they are capable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 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) | 83% | 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, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Sandbrook Community Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brimrod Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Deeplish Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Marland Hill Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lowerplace Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published