Marland Hill Community Primary SchoolAshfield Valley Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Rochdale.

Summary of the comparison

Marland Hill Community Primary School and Ashfield Valley Primary School are primary schools in Rochdale.

  • Marland Hill Community Primary School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Ashfield Valley Primary School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Ashfield Valley Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Marland Hill Community Primary School was judged Good and Ashfield Valley Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 60.0% for Marland Hill Community Primary School and 83.0% for Ashfield Valley Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Marland Hill Community Primary School (52.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Ashfield Valley Primary School (37.0% in 2022-23, 83.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Marland Hill Community Primary School versus Ashfield Valley Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure RochdaleMarland Hill Community Primary SchoolRochdaleAshfield Valley Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100B70/100Stronger figure
Local ranking32nd of 57 in Rochdale 11th of 57 in Rochdale Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll460 239
Capacity420 230
LocationRochdale, OL11 4QW Rochdale, OL11 1TA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard60.0% 83.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census460 239
Free school meals (ever 6)35.1% 28.6%
English as an additional language53.9% 93.7%
SEN support12.4% 8.4%
SEN with an EHC plan7.0% 0.4%
Attendance
Overall absence5.0% Stronger figure6.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence12.8% Stronger figure17.2% 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.

Marland Hill Community Primary School

Ashfield Valley Primary School

Full profiles: Marland Hill Community Primary School · Ashfield Valley Primary School