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Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council schools

All 106 schools in the Rochdale area, from the school census. 51 are maintained by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Rochdale school holidays.

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51 schools

Maintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.

  • Alkrington Primary SchoolManchester · Primary · 2–11 · 512 pupils
  • All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 204 pupils
  • All Souls Church of England Primary SchoolHeywood · Primary · 3–11 · 234 pupils
  • Ashfield Valley Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 2–11 · 239 pupils
  • Belfield Community SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 429 pupils
  • Boarshaw Community Primary SchoolMANCHESTER · Primary · 3–11 · 446 pupils
  • Bowlee Park Community Primary SchoolManchester · Primary · 3–11 · 900 pupils
  • Brimrod Community Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 208 pupils
  • Broadfield Community Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 406 pupils
  • Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High SchoolManchester · Secondary · 11–18 · 1186 pupils
  • Castleton Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 352 pupils
  • Crossgates Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 4–11 · 312 pupils
  • Elm Wood Primary SchoolManchester · Primary · 2–11 · 453 pupils
  • Greenbank Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 423 pupils
  • Hamer Community Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 323 pupils
  • Harwood Park Primary SchoolHeywood · Primary · 3–11 · 291 pupils
  • Healey Foundation Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 4–11 · 209 pupils
  • Heybrook Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 2–11 · 688 pupils
  • Hollin Primary SchoolManchester · Primary · 3–11 · 331 pupils
  • Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England CollegeHeywood · Secondary · 11–16 · 768 pupils
  • Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolLittleborough · Primary · 4–11 · 200 pupils
  • Hopwood Community Primary SchoolHeywood · Primary · 4–11 · 421 pupils
  • Howard Street Nursery SchoolRochdale · Nursery · 2–4 · 73 pupils
  • Littleborough Community Primary SchoolLittleborough · Primary · 3–11 · 313 pupils
  • Lowerplace Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 4–11 · 533 pupils
  • Marland Hill Community Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 464 pupils
  • Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 298 pupils
  • Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 4–11 · 192 pupils
  • Newhey Community Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 285 pupils
  • Newlands SchoolManchester · 4–11 · 131 pupils
  • Oak Haven SchoolHeywood · 7–16 · 98 pupils
  • Parkfield Primary SchoolManchester · Primary · 4–11 · 212 pupils
  • Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral ServiceRochdale · 5–16 · 136 pupils
  • RedwoodRochdale · 11–19 · 365 pupils
  • Shawclough Community Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 2–11 · 428 pupils
  • Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary SchoolLittleborough · Primary · 3–11 · 402 pupils
  • SpringsideManchester · 3–11 · 152 pupils
  • St Edward's Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 4–11 · 316 pupils
  • St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolManchester · Primary · 3–11 · 230 pupils
  • St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, RochdaleRochdale · Primary · 4–11 · 197 pupils
  • St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolHeywood · Primary · 3–11 · 446 pupils
  • St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, MiddletonManchester · Primary · 3–11 · 462 pupils
  • St Michael's Church of England Primary School, AlkringtonManchester · Primary · 4–11 · 205 pupils
  • St Michael's Church of England Primary School, BamfordHeywood · Primary · 3–11 · 228 pupils
  • St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 455 pupils
  • St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, RochdaleManchester · Primary · 4–11 · 213 pupils
  • St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton, RochdaleManchester · Primary · 3–11 · 311 pupils
  • Stansfield Hall Church of England / Methodist Church Primary SchoolLittleborough · Primary · 3–11 · 103 pupils
  • Sunny Brow Nursery SchoolManchester · Nursery · 3–4 · 48 pupils
  • Whittaker Moss Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 443 pupils
  • Woodland Community Primary SchoolHeywood · Primary · 4–11 · 564 pupils

Sets its own term dates

55 schools

Academies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.

  • Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyRochdale · Primary · 5–11 · 117 pupils
  • Bamford AcademyManchester · Primary · 4–11 · 324 pupils
  • Beech House SchoolRochdale · 2–16 · 135 pupils
  • Brookland SchoolRoyton · 7–16 · 29 pupils
  • Caldershaw Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 235 pupils
  • Cedar Lodge SchoolPreston · 11–18 · 4 pupils
  • Darul Madinah Rochdale LtdRochdale · 11–12
  • Darul Madinah Rochdale LtdRochdale · 5–6
  • Deeplish Primary AcademyRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 452 pupils
  • Dixons Middleton AcademyManchester · Secondary · 11–16 · 1319 pupils
  • Edgar Wood AcademyHeywood · Secondary · 11–16 · 729 pupils
  • Elizabeth House School · 11–18 · 5 pupils
  • Falinge Park High SchoolRochdale · Secondary · 11–16 · 1344 pupils
  • Great Howarth SchoolRochdale · 7–18 · 35 pupils
  • Healey Learning CentreRochdale · 11–16 · 34 pupils
  • Heap Bridge Village Primary SchoolBury · Primary · 5–11 · 170 pupils
  • Heywood AcademyRochdale · 11–19 · 21 pupils
  • Hollingworth AcademyRochdale · Secondary · 11–16 · 1331 pupils
  • Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 222 pupils
  • Hopwood Hall CollegeManchester · 16 plus · 16–99
  • Kentmere Primary AcademyRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 353 pupils
  • Kingsway Park High SchoolRochdale · Secondary · 11–16 · 1289 pupils
  • Little Heaton Church of England Primary SchoolManchester · Primary · 4–11 · 166 pupils
  • Matthew Moss High SchoolRochdale · Secondary · 11–16 · 1198 pupils
  • Meadows SchoolRochdale · 11–16 · 10 pupils
  • Middleton Parish Church SchoolManchester · Primary · 3–11 · 432 pupils
  • Moorhouse AcademyRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 210 pupils
  • Newhouse AcademyHeywood · Secondary · 11–16 · 974 pupils
  • Norden Primary AcademyRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 370 pupils
  • Nuqtah Primary SchoolRochdale · 4–11 · 37 pupils
  • Oulder Hill Leadership AcademyRochdale · Secondary · 11–16 · 1152 pupils
  • Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyHeywood · Primary · 3–11 · 202 pupils
  • Rochdale Islamic AcademyRochdale · 11–16 · 75 pupils
  • Rochdale Islamic Academy · 11–16 · 80 pupils
  • Rochdale Sixth Form CollegeRochdale · 16 plus · 16–19
  • Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 219 pupils
  • Sandbrook Community Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 583 pupils
  • Spotland Primary AcademyRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 420 pupils
  • St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and NurseryRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 444 pupils
  • St Anne's Church of England AcademyManchester · Secondary · 11–16 · 817 pupils
  • St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyRochdale · Secondary · 11–16 · 1023 pupils
  • St James' Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · Primary · 4–11 · 210 pupils
  • St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyManchester · Primary · 4–11 · 211 pupils
  • St John's Church of England Primary School, ThornhamSlattocks · Primary · 4–11 · 117 pupils
  • St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyRochdale · Primary · 3–11 · 213 pupils
  • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary AcademyHeywood · Primary · 4–11 · 373 pupils
  • St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolHeywood · Primary · 4–11
  • St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BalderstoneRochdale · Primary · 5–11 · 208 pupils
  • St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyLittleborough · Primary · 3–11 · 200 pupils

Nearby councils

School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.