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St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Mixed · Rochdale

Tonge Roughs, Manchester, M24 2BE

Website 01616539587

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headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

94.1%

17.6% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

230

Capacity used

Nearly full

96%

240 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

26 of 26 families who put it first got an offer

27

Places offered

67

Total applications

2.5

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference2626● 100%
2nd preference170● 0%
3rd preference160● 0%
4th preference80● 0%
Total672639%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
96%
2022
100%
2023
96%
2024
100%
2025

Rochdale lets families list 4 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Kathryn Chubb
Address
Tonge Roughs, Aspinall Street, Manchester, M24 2BE
Phone
01616539587
Local authority
Rochdale
Ward / constituency
East Middleton · Blackley and Middleton South
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
105808

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals28%——
English as additional language11%——
SEN support14%——
44% boys (101)56% girls (129)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

230 pupils · 240 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    27 June 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 182 pupils

Attendance

94.1%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

5.9%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

17.6%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

1.6%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.6%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

12%
20/21
22%
21/22
26%
22/23
22%
23/24
18%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths52%——
Higher standard0%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard67%
+5% vs England
Higher standard10%
+2% vs England

Reading

Expected standard77%
+2% vs England
Higher standard30%
-3% vs England
Average score106
+0 vs England

Writing

Expected standard70%
-2% vs England
Greater depth13%
+0% vs England

Maths

Expected standard77%
+3% vs England
Higher standard20%
-6% vs England
Average score104
-1 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard73%
+0% vs England
Higher standard27%
-3% vs England
Average score105
+0 vs England

Science

Expected standard73%
-9% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

712019502023522024672025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)67%61%
Higher standard10%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Rochdale council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.