St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

RochdaleLocal Authority

Heywood and Middleton NorthConstituency

OL10 2AAPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Rochdale, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 373 pupils. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy is part of ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2016

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

Black

11%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

373

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 373
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
20 May 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.