St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.672 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone 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 | 0.672 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.672 miles away, the 11th shortest of 24 Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 31 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- Some 43.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 33.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale.
- There are 27.8 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 22.7 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
- Oldham Road, Rochdale, OL11 2HB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Lowerplace Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandbrook Community Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Deeplish Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ashfield Valley Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published