Alkrington Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Manchester, Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.605 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Alkrington Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Rochdale for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2023. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Alkrington 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 | 0.605 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a 2026 Reception place lived 0.605 miles away, the 10th shortest of 24 Rochdale primary schools with a published last distance.
- For 2026 Reception, 73 first-choice applications were made for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families and 19 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 29 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.8 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
- Manor Road, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester, M24 1JZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 512 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at school.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are warm and respectful.”
- “Pupils value that they are well supported and cared for both academically and socially.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not checked carefully enough that these new curriculums are being delivered as well as they expect.”
- “This means that they are unsure if teachers need additional guidance or if pupils are learning all that they should.”
- “However, in some subjects, teachers are still at the early stages of exploring the best approaches to check that pupils know more and remember more of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 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: 73 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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 Michael's Church of England Primary School, Alkrington 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton, Rochdale 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parkfield Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elm Wood Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton Parish Church School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton 1.3 mi Good Last distance published