St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Patrick's Roman Catholic 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, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 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.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 40.8% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 36.5% 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
- Foxholes Road, Rochdale, OL12 0ET
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 304 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school places no barriers on what pupils can achieve.”
- “It has high expectations for all pupils.”
- “Across the school, pupils live up to these expectations.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the order that staff introduce key knowledge to pupils does not help them to learn as well as they could.”
- “Consequently, in these subjects, pupils do not remember enough of their learning over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 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) | 66% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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 Saints Church of England Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greenbank Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Heybrook Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hamer Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Kentmere Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Healey Foundation Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Spotland Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published