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Hamer Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Albert Royds Street, Rochdale OL16 2SU · hamerprimary.co.uk · 01706 655756
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- 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
- 323
- 94% of 345 places
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 58.4%
- First language not English
- 64.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 41 places were offered; 88% 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 | 41 | 33 | 0.8 | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 35 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 43 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Hamer Community Primary School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 5 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 22
- 7% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied