Woodland Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Heywood, Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Woodland Community Primary School is a primary school in Heywood, Rochdale for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 February 2025. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Woodland 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 67 Rochdale primary schools.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 44 of the 68 other Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 45.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale.
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
- Regent Street, Heywood, OL10 3BX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 564 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 February 2025
Strengths
- “Woodland Community Primary School is a warm and supportive community.”
- “The school has high ambitions for pupils’ achievement and behaviour.”
- “Pupils work hard to meet these aspirations.”
To improve
- “Published data does not reflect the strengths of the educational offer provided by the school.”
- “In 2024, the proportion of pupils who left Year 6 meeting the expected standards in reading and mathematics was significantly below the national average.”
- “Too many pupils had gaps in their knowledge as a result of the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, weaknesses in the previous curriculum and high absence rates.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 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) | 54% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 39 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 Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harwood Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hopwood Community Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Heap Bridge Village Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published