Primary
Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School
Bridgenorth Drive, Littleborough, OL15 0ES
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 402 of 450 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 41.0
- Pupils per adult
- 10.4
- Pupils
- 428
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
59%
Level with the Littleborough average (59% across 4 schools)
105.0
0.3 below the Littleborough average (105.3 across 4 schools)
3rd of 4 by our score, among the primary schools in Littleborough we can score - 5 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 102 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 59% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 52% |
| 23/24 | 60% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
Bridgenorth Drive, Littleborough, OL15 0ES
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Rochdale admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Antonia Firth
- Address
- Bridgenorth Drive, Littleborough, OL15 0ES
- Telephone
- 01706378083
Other primary schools nearby
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery5.7/10
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyNot enough data
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy5.6/10
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School6.4/10
- Kentmere Primary Academy7.7/10
- Hamer Community Primary School5.6/10