Hopwood Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Heywood, Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.829 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Hopwood Community Primary School is a primary school in Heywood, Rochdale for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Hopwood Community 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 | 0.829 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 0.829 miles away, the 12th longest of 24 Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 68 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 50 offers went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 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
- Magdala Street, Heywood, OL10 2HN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 421 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this happy and friendly school.”
- “They live up to the school’s expectations of exemplary behaviour.”
- “The support for pupils’ well-being is exceptional.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 68% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 50 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.
- Harwood Park Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Souls Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodland Community Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Edward's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale 1.5 mi Good Last distance published