St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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
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St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Heywood, Rochdale for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 44 of the 68 other Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026, 43 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 14 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was 4th lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 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
- Pot Hall, Wilton Grove, Heywood, OL10 2AA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 373 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
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: 43 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 43 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.
- Harwood Park Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodland Community Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hopwood Community Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Souls Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published