Community school · Primary
Rochdale · OL16 2XW · Rochdale
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 133409
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Pupil referral unit · Rochdale · OL16 2XW
Age range
Ages 5–16
Pupils
136
Local authority
Rochdale
Age range
Ages 5–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- 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 pupil referral unit, Ages 5–16, in Rochdale, Rochdale, 136 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 69.9%.
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Overview
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Age range
- 5–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 133409
Location
- Address
- Saxon Hall, Samson Street
- Postcode
- OL16 2XW
- Town
- Rochdale
- County
- Greater Manchester
- 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
- 136
- Boys / girls
- 86 / 50
- Free school meals
- 69.9%
- FSM pupils
- 95
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Pupil referral unit
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Shields
- Telephone
- 03003038384
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
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-05-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes