Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Rochdale · OL16 5JQ · Rochdale
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 105777
Lowerplace Primary School
Community school · Rochdale · OL16 4UU
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
533
Local authority
Rochdale
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Rochdale, Rochdale, 533 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 33.8%.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 105777
Location
- Address
- Kingsway
- Postcode
- OL16 4UU
- Town
- Rochdale
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- District
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 533
- Boys / girls
- 267 / 266
- School capacity
- 570
- Capacity fill
- 533 / 570 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 33.8%
- FSM pupils
- 180
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Karen Martin
- Telephone
- 01706648174
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-09-24
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 57%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0