Spotland Primary Academy
About Spotland Primary Academy
Spotland Primary Academy sits within the Rochdale local authority, a borough with 69 primary schools where only seven currently hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. The school’s own ranking among its local peers places it behind three higher-scoring neighbours: All Souls Church of England Primary School, Hollin Primary School, and Healey Foundation Primary School. For families weighing their options, the nearest Outstanding-rated alternative is Caldershaw Primary School, 1.7 kilometres away. Spotland is a state-funded, mixed primary for children aged 3 to 11, with nursery provision on site. It has a capacity of 472 pupils and is led by headteacher Emma Dunn. The school does not have a religious character. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in July 2024, rated the school Inadequate overall — a significant drop from its previous Good rating in 2015. That shift places it among the minority of Rochdale primaries currently graded below the standard most local families would expect.
Key Details
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
2 Jul 2024Overall Effectiveness
Inadequate
Additional Provisions
Source: Ofsted, 24 Sept 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
Facilities
6Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.
Extracurriculars
8Sports
Clubs & Activities
Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.
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Admissions
2025/26Oversubscribed30
61
Good Demand
Popular school with more applications than places
30 families put this school as their 1st choice (49% of all applications)
Source: Department for Education, 2025/26. Data reflects national offer day applications and offers.
Catchment & Local Competition
No catchment data published for this school
The dashed grey ring is a generic 1-mile reference area — it's not an admission boundary. Real catchment depends on year, demand, and council criteria. We currently have real data for about 6% of UK schools and are actively expanding the database.
⚠ This school is oversubscribed — without published cutoff data we can't show how far places reach. Check your council's admissions page.
Schools within 1 mile (reference area)
1 mile is a fixed reference, not this school's catchment.
14
Total schools
10
Oversubscribed
10
Primary
Don’t use the dashed grey ring as a catchment boundary — it’s a reference area for counting nearby schools only. Real admission boundaries depend on year-by-year demand and council criteria; ask the school or council for authoritative info.
Journey to School
Journey times are estimates based on current conditions. Actual times may vary.
Attendance & Behaviour
2024/25Half of schools in England do better than this.
Half of schools in England do better than this.
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
Ranks vs all state-funded schools in England. Source: DfE Pupil absence in schools & Suspensions and permanent exclusions.
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