Harwood Park Primary School

State-Funded School

harwood-park-primary-school-rochdale-north-west

North WestRegion

RochdaleLocal Authority

Heywood and Middleton NorthConstituency

OL10 1DGPostcode

1.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Harwood Park Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Rochdale, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 291 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 52%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

53%

Asian

11%

Black

23%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

291

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

31%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 291
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
26 Mar 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
8 Jan 2020	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.