Heap Bridge Village Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Bury, Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.882 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Heap Bridge Village Primary School is a primary school in Bury, Rochdale for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Heap Bridge Village 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 | 0.882 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.882 miles, the 10th longest of 24 Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.83 miles).
- There were 26 first-choice applications for 24 Reception offers in 2026; 20 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- With 170 pupils on roll in January 2026, the school has 17.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 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
- Heap Brow, Heap Bridge, Bury, BL9 7JP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 170 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 20 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.
- Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodland Community Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harwood Park Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hopwood Community Primary School 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published