Newlands School

State-Funded School

newlands-school-rochdale-north-west

North WestRegion

RochdaleLocal Authority

Heywood and Middleton NorthConstituency

M24 6JGPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Newlands School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, located in Rochdale, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 131 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2014

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

69%

Asian

15%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

131

Total Pupils

70%Boys

30%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

46%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 131
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Some aspects not as strong

Ungraded inspection on 8 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Dec 2014	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.