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School Atlas lists 69 state primary schools, 13 state secondary schools, 5 special schools, 1 alternative provision school and 2 post-16 schools and colleges in Rochdale. It also lists 14 independent schools and 85 nurseries and other early-years settings.
Of the state primary, secondary and all-through schools, 37 have a religious character: 19 Church of England, 16 Roman Catholic, 1 Church of England/Methodist and 1 Roman Catholic/Church of England.
Of the 82 state primary, secondary and all-through schools in Rochdale, 43 hold an Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade from their last graded inspection: 5 Outstanding, 37 Good and 1 Requires improvement.
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. Since November 2025 its report cards grade each area separately; 8 of these schools have had one.
Rochdale doesn't publish catchment boundaries, so there’s no boundary map to check. Distance usually decides a place.
We also hold last-distance-offered records for 24 schools. That distance is not always a cut-off: at a school with places to spare it is simply the furthest applicant.