Spotland Primary Academy
Primary schoolSpotland Primary Academy is a primary school in Rochdale, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 420 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), July 2024, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 2 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
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 EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Rochdale | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 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- Falinge Park High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, February 2023. Attainment 8 of 43.2 (2025/26, provisional)380 m
- Rochdale Sixth Form CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file600 m
- Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
- Howard Street Nursery SchoolNursery. Good (overall), June 2023670 m
- Whitehall AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file800 m
- Healey Learning CentreSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file850 m
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).