Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Heywood, 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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Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Heywood, Rochdale for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 September 2023. Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary 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 2026 applicant was offered a place; there were 17 first-choice applications for 21 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 13th lowest of 67 Rochdale primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Good (12 September 2023); of the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale, 2 are Good, 2 Outstanding and 4 have no current grade.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 39.6% of pupils, 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
- Sutherland Road, Darnhill, Heywood, OL10 3PD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy coming to this welcoming and caring school.”
- “The school is building positive relationships with families across the school community.”
- “They know that staff will listen to them and give them the support that they need.”
To improve
- “However, results at the end of key stage 2 in 2022 were affected by the legacy of instability of staffing and the negative impact of the COVID19 pandemic.”
- “However, in some subjects, staff’s variable subject knowledge and levels of confidence mean that learning is not precise enough to ensure that pupils acquire and retain this knowledge over time.”
- “However, some subjects are less well developed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 2023 (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: 17 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 17 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.
- Heap Bridge Village Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodland Community Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harwood Park Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hopwood Community Primary School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published