Springside

State-Funded School

springside-rochdale-north-west

North WestRegion

RochdaleLocal Authority

RochdaleConstituency

OL16 2SUPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Springside is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–11, located in Rochdale, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 152 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

43%

Asian

38%

Black

11%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

152

Total Pupils

74%Boys

26%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

39%

England average

27%

First language not English

51%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 152
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 11 May 2022. 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
13 Oct 2016	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.