Schools - information and advice

The Council maintains: 

• 4 nursery schools
• 70 primary schools 
• 13 secondary schools
• 1 academy 
• 4 special schools

There is also a college of further education, Hopwood Hall, which has campuses in Rochdale and Middleton.

The alphabetical list below  gives details of schools and colleges in the borough.

• Alice Ingham RC Primary
• Alkrington Primary
• All Saints CE Primary and Nursery
• All Souls' CE Primary
• Ashfield Valley Primary and Nursery
• Balderstone Technology College
• Bamford (Foundation) Primary School
• Belfield Community School and Nursery
• Boarshaw Community Primary
• Brimrod Community Primary School
• Broadfield Community Primary School
• Brownhill School
• Caldershaw Primary
• Cardinal Langley RC High
• Castleton Primary and Nursery
• Crossgates Primary School
• Deeplish Community Primary
• Derby Street Nursery
• Elm Wood Primary
• Falinge Park High
• Furrow Community School and Nursery
• Greenbank Primary
• Hamer Community Primary
• Harwood Park Primary and Nursery Class
• Healey Primary School
• Heap Bridge Village Primary
• Heybrook Primary
• Heywood Community High School
• Hollin Primary
• Hollingworth Business and Enterprise College
• Holy Family RC and CE College
• Holy Family RC Primary and Nursery Class
• Holy Trinity CE Primary
• Hopwood Community Primary
• Hopwood Hall College
• Howard Street Nursery
• Kentmere Primary
• Langley Primary and Nursery Class
• Little Heaton CE Primary
• Littleborough Community Primary and Nursery Class
• Lowerplace Primary
• Marland Hill Community Primary
• Matthew Moss High School
• Meanwood Community Primary and Nursery Class
• Middleton Parish CE Primary
• Middleton Technology School
• Milnrow Parish CE Primary
• Moorhouse Primary and Nursery Class
• Newbold Sure Start Centre
• Newhey Community Primary
• Newlands School
• Norden Community Primary School
• Oulder Hill Community School and Language College
• Our Lady and St Paul's RC Primary and Nursery Class
• Parkfield Primary
• Redwood School
• Sacred Heart RC Primary and Nursery Class
• Sandbrook Community Primary
• Smithy Bridge Primary School
• Shawclough Community Primary
• Siddal Moor Sports College
• South Street Nursery
• Spotland Primary
• Springhill High School
• Springside School
• St Andrew's CE Primary
• St Anne's Academy
• St Cuthbert's RC High
• St Edward's CE Primary
• St Gabriel's CE Primary
• St Gabriel's RC Primary
• St James CE Primary
• St John Fisher RC Primary
• St John's CE Primary Thornham
• St John's RC Primary and Nursery
• St Joseph's RC Primary
• St Luke's CE Primary
• St Margaret's CE Primary
• St Mary's CE Primary
• St Mary's RC Primary and Nursery - Middleton
• St Mary's RC Primary - Littleborough
• St Michael's CE Primary - Bamford
• St Michael's CE Primary - Alkrington
• St Patrick's RC Primary
• St Peter's CE Primary and Nursery
• St Peter's RC Primary
• St Thomas CE Primary
• St Thomas More RC Primary
• St Vincent's RC Primary
• Stansfield Hall CE - Free Church Primary
• Sunny Brow Nursery
• Wardle High School
• Whittaker Moss Primary and Nursery
• Woodland Primary