St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Heywood, Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.480 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Luke's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Heywood, Rochdale for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Luke's Church of England 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 | 0.480 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.480 miles from the school, the 6th shortest of 24 Rochdale primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 83 first-choice applications for 59 offers: 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 67% met expected standard (England 62%), 4th 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
- Queen's Park Road, Heywood, OL10 4XB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 446 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “The supportive and welcoming atmosphere within this school is evident from arriving at St Luke’s.”
- “Pupils arrive each morning with great enthusiasm.”
- “They are very proud to attend this school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 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) | 67% | 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: 83 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 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.
- All Souls Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Harwood Park Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodland Community Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hopwood Community Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bamford Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published