Primary school

Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Rochdale
  • OL10 3PD
Ofsted Good · inspected Sep 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 12,696 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 85%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 99%99%2016/17: top 92%2017/18: top 93%2018/19: top 98%2022/23: top 89%2023/24: top 92%2024/25: top 85%No exams

Against North West

Expected standard, RWM48% · North West 63%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM0% · North West 6%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score101 · North West 105Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score99 · North West 105Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 13% · 30 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 38% · 26 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 41% · 27 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 32% · 25 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 41% · 29 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 39% · 28 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 48% · 29 pupils · North West 63%48%13%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 30 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 0% · 26 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 4% · 27 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 0% · 25 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 0% · 29 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 0% · 28 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 0% · 29 pupils · North West 6%4%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 98 · 30 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 100 · 26 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 100 · 27 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 99 · 25 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 101 · 29 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 100 · 28 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 101 · 29 pupils · North West 10510198No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 98 · 30 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 99 · 26 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 100 · 27 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 99 · 25 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 100 · 29 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 99 · 28 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 99 · 29 pupils · North West 10510098No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
17 of 17 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1717
2nd112
3rd91

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2012Goodas predecessor
  3. 2015Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2017Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2018Ungraded visitas predecessor
  6. 2019Inadequateas predecessor
  7. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026202
Free school meals (past 6 years)48.1%
First language not English26.9%
SEN support23.6%
EHC plan4.2%
Absence (sessions missed)6.8%
Persistently absent pupils19.6%

Girls 51.9%Boys 48.1%

91.8% full · 220 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.3
Pupils per adult11.0
  • Classroom teachers 7.9
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 8.3
  • Other support 5.3

Teachers 8.9 FTE · Whole workforce 22.6 · 29 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,819
Spend per pupil£7,594
Staff spend per pupil£6,172
Reserve per pupil−£14
  • −£3,000revenue reserve
  • +£47,000in-year balance

Grants £7,527 · self-generated £291 · premises £415 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST (22 academies) · trust reserve £1,895,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it