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St Luke's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary controlled

Queen's Park Road, Heywood OL10 4XB · stlukesceprimary.co.uk · 01706 369443

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
Key stage 2, 2024/25
67%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Rochdale 58%, England 62%
Demand for places
1.4
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
446
At capacity · 446 places
Local authority
Rochdale
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
30.7%
First language not English
8.3%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 69% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 57 (Places 59)57September 2023: 55 (Places 58)55September 2024: 63 (Places 60)63September 2025: 70 (Places 60)70September 2026: 83 (Places 59)83Places 59
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202659831.4▲69%
September 2025Sept 202560701.2▲84%
September 2024Sept 202460631.1▲92%
September 2023Sept 202358550.991%
September 2022Sept 20225957189%

Results

In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Rochdale it was 58%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 80% (England 53%)80%2016/17: 73% (England 61%)73%2017/18: 77% (England 64%)77%2018/19: 71% (England 65%)71%2022/23: 69% (England 60%)69%2023/24: 67% (England 61%)67%2024/25: 67% (England 62%)67%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲67%62%
●7%8%
Average scaled score
●104106
●105105
●106105

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected St Luke's Church of England Primary School on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
11 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early yearsOutstanding

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood
  • Jun 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (77 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
92%
Replies
77
20% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲96% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲98% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲91% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲92% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲98% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲89% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲97% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲89% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲90% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲58% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 26% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲89% agreeEngland 67%

based on 28 parents (36%) with SEND

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