Bowlee Park Community Primary School

RochdaleCommunity school

Windermere Road, Langley, Manchester, M24 4LA

Headteacher: Mrs Aleksandra HartshorneSchool website ↗Pupils: 907 (capacity: 840)
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected November 2023
Oversubscribed
90% of first-choice applicants offered a place
73%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Outstanding
Inspected November 2023
90%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 15 November 2023Full 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.
73.0%
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%.
17.0%
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 79%·Writing 82%·Maths 85%All three 73%
Reading
Expected79%
Exceeding45%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected82%
Exceeding21%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected85%
Exceeding46%
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?
119
How many families wanted this school first?
128
How many got their first choice?
115of 128 (89.8%)
How many applied in total?
189

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
46.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
26.0%
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).
10.0%
Boys and girls
50%girls·50%boys
450 girls, 457 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Peaked at 87% (2015/16), currently 73%

* 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
2015/1687.0%7.0%+2.4+3.6+3.1
2016/1770.0%8.0%+2.8+3.4+1.4
2017/1886.0%19.0%+3.7+3.1+4.5
2018/1985.0%31.0%+6.1+4.6+5.2
2022/2370.0%19.0%+0.9+3.6+2.9
2023/2469.0%17.0%---
2024/2573.0%17.0%---