Elm Wood Primary School
Primary schoolElm Wood Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 453 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), March 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 19 March 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 43% of pupils at Elm Wood Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Rochdale and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 43% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 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
In a straight line- Dixons Middleton AcademySecondary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, June 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.9 (2025/26, provisional)370 m
- St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)400 m
- Mills Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, RochdalePrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, February 20241.3 km
- Boarshaw Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Rochdale
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).