Deeplish Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Deeplish Primary Academy is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Deeplish Primary Academy 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
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as was the case at 44 of the 68 other Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026, Reception had 48 first-choice applications for 52 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2024/25 the reading, writing and maths result was 2nd highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 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
- Derby Street, Rochdale, OL11 1LT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 452 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, behave sensibly and attend the school often.”
- “They want to learn from its well-thought-out curriculum.”
- “The school sets high academic expectations for its pupils, and they rise to meet them.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, some learning activities do not match the school’s curriculum well enough.”
- “This means that, sometimes, pupils learn important information less well than they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 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) | 71% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 48 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 John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lowerplace Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashfield Valley Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadfield Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sandbrook Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published