Lowerplace Primary School
Kingsway, Rochdale, OL16 4UU
533 pupils · 94% of 570 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Free school meals
- 33.8%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 July 2024, published 24 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 41% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 1% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.91 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 56 | 51 | 145 | 53 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 62 | 147 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 44 | 42 | 129 | 44 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 49 | 43 | 137 | 47 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 52 | 43 | 134 | 52 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 49 | 42 | 121 | 47 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 50 | 154 | 56 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 56 | 44 | 87 | 47 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.4 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Deeplish Primary Academy 0.6 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2021 · previous system
- Sandbrook Community Primary School 1.2 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.