Harwood Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Heywood, Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Harwood Park Primary School is a primary school in Heywood, Rochdale for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2024. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Harwood Park 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
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 44 of the 68 other Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 49% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 23 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 45% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale is 21.2%.
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
- Hardfield Street, Heywood, OL10 1DG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 291 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school is a calm and welcoming place where pupils achieve well.”
- “They spoke enthusiastically to inspectors about the new and interesting things that they have learned.”
- “Pupils also told inspectors how much they like to help others.”
To improve
- “However, at times, the school does not identify some pupils’ additional needs quickly enough.”
- “This hinders how well these pupils learn.”
- “However, there are some pupils who do not attend school as often as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 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) | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 23 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 Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hopwood Community Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- All Souls Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodland Community Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published