Shawclough Community Primary School is a primary school located in Rochdale. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 16/05/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is well above average, progress in reading is above average, progress in writing is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.1%, which is 1.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Thrum Hall Lane, Rochdale

School Information

Address: Thrum Hall Lane, Rochdale, OL12 6DE
Website: http://www.shawclough.rochdale.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01706647991
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Rochdale
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Julia Sandiford-Mitchell
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 105766

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 16/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 2 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 456
Number of Boys: 236
Number of Girls: 220

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 2 Confidence interval 0.3 to 3.7
Writing
Average: 1.1 Confidence interval -0.4 to 2.7
Maths
Well Above Average: 3.9 Confidence interval 2.4 to 5.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:86%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:108
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Howard Street Nursery School
Howard Street , OL12 0PP
3out of 4 1,565 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Shawclough Community Primary School
Thrum Hall Lane , OL12 6DE
3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Healey Foundation Primary School
Earnshaw Avenue , OL12 0ST
3out of 4 411 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Greenbank Primary School
Greenbank Road , OL12 0HZ
3out of 4 1,274 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
All Saints Church of England Primary School
Maud Street , OL12 0EL
3out of 4 1,391 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School
Foxholes Road , OL12 0ET
4out of 4 1,443 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Falinge Park High School
Falinge Road , Shawclough OL12 6LD
3out of 4 1,108 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Oulder Hill Community School and Language College
Hudsons Walk , OL11 5EF
2out of 4 2,494 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Wardle Academy
Birch Road , Wardle OL12 9RD
3out of 4 2,976 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Whitworth Community High School
Hall Fold , Whitworth OL12 8TS
3out of 4 3,082 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rochdale Sixth Form College
College Road , OL12 6HY
- not rated 2,067 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rochdale Islamic Academy
36 Taylor Street , OL12 0HX
- not rated 1,224 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Brownhill School
Heights Lane , OL12 0PZ
3out of 4 1,225 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Rochdale Islamic Academy
Greenbank Rd , Rochdale OL12 0HZ
- not rated 1,282 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Great Howarth School
Great Howarth Road , OL12 9HJ
- not rated 2,037 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Springside
Albert Royds Street , Rochdale OL16 2SU
3out of 4 2,059 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.