# Belfield Community School

Belfield Community School is a primary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 429 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E105780. [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 429
- Council: Rochdale
- URN: 105780

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 2 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 49% of pupils at Belfield Community School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Rochdale and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Rochdale | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service](https://openindex.co.uk/school/raise-rochdale-pupil-referral-service-e133409): 130 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- [Heybrook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heybrook-primary-school-e105770): 820 m. Primary. School remains Good, October 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hamer Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hamer-community-primary-school-e105800): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, March 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Springside](https://openindex.co.uk/school/springside-e135200): 1 km. Special. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alice-ingham-roman-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e144982): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sacred-heart-roman-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151681): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, June 2024

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/105780)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105780)

## How to cite

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