Academy · Rochdale
Middleton Parish Church School
- Primary
- Ages 3–11
- Church of England
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Rochdale council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a primary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 31 families put this school as their first choice, and 52 places were offered. 31 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
No club is registered with Ofsted at this school's address. Ask the school about breakfast or after-school care, or find clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 29 January 2025. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024). It was inspected as Middleton Parish Church School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Good
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 432 (capacity 446)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
- Academy trust
- FORWARD AS ONE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01616430753
- Address
- Springfield Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 5DL
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.