All Souls Church of England Primary School is a mixed local-authority maintained primary school in Heywood, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, teaching 234 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in December 2023. In 2024–2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for All Souls Church of England Primary School.

Latest inspection
Outstanding Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour & attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership & managementOutstanding
Early yearsOutstanding
S5 Inspection · Inspected 5 Dec 2023 · Published 29 Jan 2024
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for All Souls Church of England Primary School.

All Souls Church of England Primary School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–2 Staff INSET (School Closed)
  • 3–30 Autumn Term 1
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–24 Autumn Term 1
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3–30 Autumn Term 2 (1.30pm finish on last day)
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–19 Autumn Term 2 (1.30pm finish on last day)
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 5 Staff INSET (School Closed)
  • 6–31 Spring Term 1
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 1–13 Spring Term 1
  • 23–28 Spring Term 2 (1.30pm finish on last day)
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–27 Spring Term 2 (1.30pm finish on last day)
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 13–30 Summer Term 1
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–21 Summer Term 1
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 22 Staff INSET (School Closed)
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Summer Term 2 (1.30pm finish on last day)
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–17 Summer Term 2 (1.30pm finish on last day)
  • 20 Staff INSET (School Closed)
  • 20–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Staff INSET (School Closed) Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term 1 Sep 3-Oct 24, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term 2 (1.30pm finish on last day) Nov 3-Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025-Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Staff INSET (School Closed) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term 1 Jan 6-Feb 13, 2026 Term
  • Spring Term 2 (1.30pm finish on last day) Feb 23-Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30-Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term 1 Apr 13-May 21, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Staff INSET (School Closed) May 22, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Term 2 (1.30pm finish on last day) Jun 1-Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Staff INSET (School Closed) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Jul 20-Aug 31, 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
87% Expected standard at KS2 England 62% Top 5%
6.1% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 12%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare All Souls Church of England Primary School with Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 87% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 87%
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 58% England 62% +25 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 107
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 104 England 106 in line with England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 107
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 104 England 105 +2 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 30
Attendance 6.1% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 6.1%
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 20% England 17.8% -11.7 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 3.8%
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 7.2% England 6.8% -2.9 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for All Souls Church of England Primary School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to All Souls Church of England Primary School than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.