Caldershaw Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Rochdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.544 miles
Published by Rochdale Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Caldershaw Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Caldershaw 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 | 0.544 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- There were 74 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026, 2.5 first choices per offer, the highest of 67 Rochdale primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 30 offers went to first-choice families and 44 first-choice families (59%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.544 miles away, 9th shortest of 24 Rochdale primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 0.83 miles).
- Free school meal eligibility is 9.8% (middle figure 28.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rochdale), and there are 26.7 pupils per teacher (middle 20.5).
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
- Edenfield Road, Caldershaw Primary School, Rochdale, OL12 7QL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 235 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 74 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Norden Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Whittaker Moss Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bamford Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spotland Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shawclough Community Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marland Hill Community Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published