Sandbrook Community Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

RochdaleLocal Authority

RochdaleConstituency

OL11 2LRPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 583 pupils. Sandbrook Community Primary School is part of WATERGROVE TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 17 Mar 2026 · published 13 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

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: 1%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

40%

Asian

33%

Black

15%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

583

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

62%

England average

27%

First language not English

42%

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: 583
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: WATERGROVE TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 Jul 2020	Good	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.