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Boarshaw Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Stanycliffe Lane, Middleton, Stanycliffe Lane Middleton Manchester, MANCHESTER M24 2PB · boarshawprimary.co.uk · 0161 653 9536
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Rochdale 58%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 446
- At capacity · 446 places
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.8%
- First language not English
- 26.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 49 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 49 | 39 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 28 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 36 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Rochdale it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 October 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Boarshaw Community Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 12 Oct 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 26
- 7% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied