Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School
Primary schoolSmithy Bridge Foundation Primary School is a primary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 402 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), October 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 October 2023
- 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, 59% of pupils at Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary 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 | 59% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- Wardle AcademySecondary. School remains Good, October 2022. Attainment 8 of 44.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.5 km
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, November 20211.5 km
- Meadows SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.5 km
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 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).