Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

RochdaleLocal Authority

Heywood and Middleton NorthConstituency

OL12 7DJPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Meanwood Community Nursery and 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 298 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: 42%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

47%

Asian

32%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

298

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

53%

England average

27%

First language not English

45%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

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: 298
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
29 Apr 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
9 Mar 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
29 Oct 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.