Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School is a primary school located in Littleborough. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 04/02/2009. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.8%, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Bridgenorth Drive, Littleborough

School Information

Address: Bridgenorth Drive, Littleborough, OL15 0ES
Website: www.sbs.rochdale.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01706378083
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Rochdale
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Chris Crook
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 105847

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/02/2009

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 450
Number of Pupils: 428
Number of Boys: 220
Number of Girls: 208

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: 1.4 Confidence interval -0.3 to 3.1
Writing
Well Above Average: 3.5 Confidence interval 2 to 5.1
Maths
Average: 1 Confidence interval -0.5 to 2.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:66%
England Average:65%

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

School:8%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School
Bridgenorth Drive , OL15 0ES 		4out of 4 0 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Union Road , OL12 9QA 		3out of 4 942 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Littleborough
Whitelees Road , OL15 8DU 		3out of 4 1,648 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Alice Ingham Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Millgate , Halifax Road OL16 2NU 		1out of 4 1,824 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Victoria Street , OL15 9DB 		3out of 4 1,853 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wardle Academy
Birch Road , Wardle OL12 9RD 		3out of 4 1,615 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Hollingworth Academy
Cornfield Street , Milnrow OL16 3DR 		4out of 4 3,007 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Meadows School
Egerton House , Wardle Road OL12 9EN 		- not rated 1,669 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Springside
Albert Royds Street , Rochdale OL16 2SU 		3out of 4 2,068 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Great Howarth School
Great Howarth Road , OL12 9HJ 		- not rated 2,124 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Rochdale Pupil Referral Service
Saxon Hall Site , Samson Street OL16 2XW 		3out of 4 2,125 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Rochdale Islamic Academy
Greenbank Rd , Rochdale OL12 0HZ 		- not rated 3,223 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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