Contested schools in Rochdale

These are the Rochdale schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Rochdale

Secondary schools (9)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Rochdale, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School	201	275	1.37
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College	142	181	1.27
St Anne's Church of England Academy	171	198	1.16
Hollingworth Academy	262	277	1.06
Matthew Moss High School	227	227	1
Falinge Park High School	266	261	0.98
Wardle Academy	264	259	0.98
Kingsway Park High School	230	206	0.90
Edgar Wood Academy	76	52	0.68

Primary schools (27)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Rochdale, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Caldershaw Primary School	30	74	2.47
Kentmere Primary Academy	45	79	1.76
All Souls Church of England Primary School	30	43	1.43
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale	30	43	1.43
St Luke's Church of England Primary School	59	83	1.41
Parkfield Primary School	29	39	1.34
Bowlee Park Community Primary School	119	153	1.29
St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	30	37	1.23
Alkrington Primary School	60	73	1.22
St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale	30	35	1.17
Ashfield Valley Primary School	30	34	1.13
Hopwood Community Primary School	60	68	1.13
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford	31	35	1.13
Heap Bridge Village Primary School	24	26	1.08
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School	20	21	1.05
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone	30	31	1.03
Whittaker Moss Primary School	58	59	1.02
Healey Foundation Primary School	22	22	1
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School	23	23	1
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	30	30	1
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton	60	59	0.98
St Peter's Church of England Primary School	59	58	0.98
St James' Church of England Primary School	24	23	0.96
St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	24	23	0.96
Lowerplace Primary School	56	51	0.91
Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	30	27	0.90
Hollin Primary School	59	46	0.78

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.