St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.460 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Gabriel'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 | 0.460 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of pupils here, 13.7% are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale is 30.6%.
- Reception 2026's last place offered went to a child 0.460 miles away, 4th shortest of 24 Rochdale primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.83 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 6% 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
- Vicarage Road South, Castleton, Rochdale, OL11 2TN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Primary come in to school every day with a smile.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are proud of their success.”
- “Pupils consistently meet the high expectations that the school sets for their achievement.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, staff do not provide pupils with enough opportunities to revisit their prior learning.”
- “This means that some pupils struggle to recall what they have been taught previously and, therefore, cannot build on what they know.”
- “However, pupils do not learn enough about different religions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 48% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Castleton Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edward's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Thornham 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sandbrook Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashfield Valley Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Marland Hill Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brimrod Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published