All Souls Church of England Primary SchoolBowlee Park Community Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

All Souls Church of England Primary School and Bowlee Park Community Primary School are primary schools.

  • All Souls Church of England Primary School scores 81 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Bowlee Park Community Primary School scores 80 out of 100 (grade B, strong). All Souls Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • All Souls Church of England Primary School was judged Outstanding and Bowlee Park Community Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 87.0% for All Souls Church of England Primary School and 73.0% for Bowlee Park Community Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at All Souls Church of England Primary School (90.0% in 2022-23, 87.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Bowlee Park Community Primary School (70.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

All Souls Church of England Primary School versus Bowlee Park Community Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HeywoodAll Souls Church of England Primary SchoolManchesterBowlee Park Community Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB81/100Stronger figureB80/100
Local ranking1st of 57 in Rochdale Stronger figure2nd of 57 in Rochdale
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingOfsted: Outstanding
School typeVoluntary controlled school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll233 907
Capacity204 840
LocationHeywood, OL10 4DF Manchester, M24 4LA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard87.0% Stronger figure73.0% 62.0%
At higher standard7.0% 17.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 107.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census233 907
Free school meals (ever 6)20.0% 35.5%
English as an additional language6.9% 21.7%
SEN support21.9% 12.2%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 5.4%
Attendance
Overall absence3.8% Stronger figure4.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence6.1% Stronger figure8.5% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

All Souls Church of England Primary School

Bowlee Park Community Primary School

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