St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Manchester, Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.361 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale is a primary school in Manchester, Rochdale for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided 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 Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale 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 | 1.361 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.361 miles away, the 5th longest of 24 Rochdale primary schools with a published last distance.
- 13.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale.
- Reception 2026 had 43 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Kirkway, Middleton, Manchester, M24 1FL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this caring school, which puts them at its centre.”
- “Pupils want everybody to feel happy and welcome.”
- “They respect people’s many differences.”
To improve
- “The school has, rightly, recognised that pupils have not achieved as well as they could in their written communication.”
- “However, some pupils have misconceptions and inaccuracies in their written communication, which staff do not consistently rectify.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 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) | 59% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Alkrington Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton, Rochdale 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Alkrington 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parkfield Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Elm Wood Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Middleton Parish Church School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published