John Street, Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire OL12 8DB
10 reasons to choose Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth
Top line
Our Lady and St Anselm’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Rochdale and one of the 8 best independent or state primaries within 7 miles.
School fundamentals
Our Lady and St Anselm’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Our Lady and St Anselm’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Our Lady and St Anselm’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth achieves attainment results that are around the national average. By the same measure, the school achieves above average scores for pupil progress.
The Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth curriculum
School curriculum is subject based, as opposed to topic-based, and emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 5.45pm.
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