Hopwood Community Primary School

RochdaleCommunity school

Magdala Street, Heywood, OL10 2HN

Headteacher: Miss Sarah HarlandSchool website ↗Pupils: 419 (capacity: 420)
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected January 2024
Oversubscribed
81% of first-choice applicants offered a place
68%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Outstanding
Inspected January 2024
81%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 30 January 2024Full report ↗

Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Outstanding across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
68.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
13.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 75%·Writing 83%·Maths 82%All three 68%
Reading
Expected75%
Exceeding40%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected83%
Exceeding20%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected82%
Exceeding28%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
70
How many got their first choice?
57of 70 (81.4%)
How many applied in total?
173

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
22.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
2.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
13.0%
Boys and girls
49%girls·51%boys
206 girls, 213 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 80% (2018/19), currently 68%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1673.0%11.0%-0.1+0.4-0.8
2016/1773.0%2.0%-1.6+2.3+1.7
2017/1873.0%7.0%-0.90.0+0.2
2018/1980.0%13.0%+1.3+1.0+0.6
2022/2375.0%10.0%+0.2+2.3+1.3
2023/2475.0%22.0%---
2024/2568.0%13.0%---