Sandbrook Community Primary School

RochdaleAcademy converter

Hartley Lane, Rochdale, OL11 2LR

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah BreretonSchool website ↗Pupils: 598 (capacity: 630)Part of WATERGROVE TRUST
Ofsted Requires Improvement
Inspected February 2020
51%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Requires Improvement
Inspected February 2020
100%
First-choice offer rate

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 18 February 2020Full report ↗

Requires Improvement

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

Quality of Teaching
Requires Improvement
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Good

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.
51.0%
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%.
6.0%
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 66%·Writing 69%·Maths 65%All three 51%
Reading
Expected66%
Exceeding21%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected69%
Exceeding7%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected65%
Exceeding12%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

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

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
76
How many families wanted this school first?
58
How many got their first choice?
58of 58 (100.0%)
How many applied in total?
148

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
64.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
44.0%
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).
8.0%
Boys and girls
49%girls·51%boys
291 girls, 307 boys

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 52% (2023/24), currently 51%

* 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
2015/1644.0%0.0%-0.8+1.4+2.7
2016/1729.0%0.0%-4.3+0.9-3.5
2017/1835.0%0.0%-1.1-3.3-2.6
2018/1944.0%4.0%-1.0-0.1-0.9
2022/2344.0%6.0%-1.8+0.7-1.8
2023/2452.0%1.0%---
2024/2551.0%6.0%---
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