St Luke's Church of England Primary School

RochdaleVoluntary controlled school

Queen's Park Road, Heywood, OL10 4XB

Headteacher: Mrs Kimberley FarrallSchool website ↗Pupils: 386 (capacity: 446)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected March 2025
Oversubscribed
84% of first-choice applicants offered a place
67%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected March 2025
84%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 11 March 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

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

Quality of Teaching
Outstanding
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Outstanding

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.
67.0%
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%.
7.0%
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 73%·Writing 77%·Maths 83%All three 67%
Reading
Expected73%
Exceeding17%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected77%
Exceeding13%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected83%
Exceeding27%
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?
59of 70 (84.3%)
How many applied in total?
177

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
50.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
3.0%
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).
20.0%
Boys and girls
50%girls·50%boys
192 girls, 194 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 80% (2015/16), currently 67%

* 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
2015/1680.0%17.0%+4.0+3.6+7.0
2016/1773.0%13.0%+2.7+2.3+4.6
2017/1877.0%7.0%+1.3+0.4+1.3
2018/1971.0%11.0%-0.1-1.7-0.7
2022/2369.0%7.0%+0.6-0.2+0.1
2023/2467.0%5.0%---
2024/2567.0%7.0%---