St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford is a primary school located in Heywood. 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 26/02/2009. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are well above average, progress in writing is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Bury and Rochdale Old Road, Heywood

School Information

Address: Bury and Rochdale Old Road, Heywood, OL10 4BB
Website: http://www.stmichaelscebam.rochdale.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01706369339
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Rochdale
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Melanie Barratt
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 105813

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 26/02/2009

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 236
Number of Boys: 128
Number of Girls: 108

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 5.5 Confidence interval 3.2 to 7.7
Writing
Average: 1.8 Confidence interval -0.3 to 3.9
Maths
Well Above Average: 3.2 Confidence interval 1.3 to 5.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:83%
England Average:65%

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

School:23%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:109
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:108
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford
Bury and Rochdale Old Road , OL10 4BB
4out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Queen's Park Road , OL10 4XB
3out of 4 842 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
All Souls Church of England Primary School
Rye Street , OL10 4DF
4out of 4 1,294 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Bamford Academy
Belgium Street , Rochdale OL11 5PS
3out of 4 1,392 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Harwood Park Primary School
Hardfield Street , OL10 1DG
3out of 4 1,711 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Matthew Moss High School
Matthew Moss Lane , Marland OL11 3LU
- not rated 2,102 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
Pot Hall , Wilton Grove OL10 2AA
3out of 4 2,275 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Oulder Hill Community School and Language College
Hudsons Walk , OL11 5EF
2out of 4 2,697 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Newhouse Academy
Newhouse Road , OL10 2NT
- not rated 2,739 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Redwood
Hudsons Walk , OL11 5EW
3out of 4 2,619 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Pennine House Hospital School
Pennine House , Fairfield General Hospital BL9 7TD
- not rated 2,762 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.