List of schools

Across the borough there are:

• 4 nursery schools
• 68 primary schools
• 11 secondary schools
• 4 special schools
• 4 independent schools (not controlled by the the Local Authority)

There is also a college of further education, Hopwood Hall, which has campuses in Rochdale and Middleton and a sixth form college in the centre of Rochdale which opened in September 2010.

Nursery schools and classes

• All Saints CE Primary and Nursery
• All Souls' CE Primary and Nursery
• Ashfield Valley Primary and Nursery
• Belfield Community School and Nursery
• Bowlee Park Primary School and Nursery
• Castleton Primary and Nursery
• Derby Street Nursery
• Greenbank Primary and Nursery School
• Harwood Park Primary and Nursery Class
• Holy Family RC Primary and Nursery Class
• Howard Street Nursery School
• Littleborough Community Primary and Nursery Class
• Meanwood Community Primary and Nursery Class
• Moorhouse Primary and Nursery Class
• Newbold Sure Start Centre
• Our Lady and St Paul's RC Primary and Nursery Class
• Sacred Heart RC Primary and Nursery Class
• South Street Nursery School
• St John's RC Primary and Nursery
• St Mary's RC Primary and Nursery - Middleton
• St Peter's CE Primary and Nursery
• Sunny Brow Nursery School
• Whittaker Moss Primary and Nursery

Special schools

• Brownhill School
• Newlands School
• Redwood School
• Springside School

Secondary schools

• Cardinal Langley RC High
• Falinge Park High School
• Hollingworth Business and Enterprise College
• Holy Family RC and CE College
• Kingsway Park High School
• Matthew Moss High School
• Middleton Technology School
• Oulder Hill Community School and Language College
• Siddal Moor Sports College
• St Cuthbert's RC High
• Wardle High School

Further education and post 16

• Hopwood Hall College
• Rochdale Sixth Form College

Independent schools

• Bamford Academy
• Beech House School
• Rochdale Girls School
• St Anne's Academy

Primary schools

• Alice Ingham RC Primary
• Alkrington Primary
• All Saints CE Primary and Nursery
• All Souls' CE Primary and Nursery
• Ashfield Valley Primary and Nursery
• Belfield Community School and Nursery
• Boarshaw Community Primary
• Bowlee Park Primary School and Nursery
• Brimrod Community Primary School
• Broadfield Community Primary School
• Caldershaw Primary
• Castleton Primary and Nursery
• Crossgates Primary School
• Deeplish Community Primary
• Elm Wood Primary
• Greenbank Primary
• Hamer Community Primary
• Harwood Park Primary and Nursery Class
• Healey Primary School
• Heap Bridge Village Primary
• Heybrook Primary
• Hollin Primary
• Holy Family RC Primary and Nursery
• Holy Trinity CE Primary
• Hopwood Community Primary
• Kentmere Primary
• Little Heaton CE Primary
• Littleborough Community Primary and Nursery Class
• Lowerplace Primary
• Marland Hill Community Primary
• Meanwood Community Primary and Nursery Class
• Middleton Parish CE Primary
• Milnrow Parish CE Primary
• Moorhouse Primary and Nursery Class
• Newhey Community Primary
• Norden Community Primary School
• Our Lady and St Paul's RC Primary and Nursery Class
• Parkfield Primary
• Sacred Heart RC Primary and Nursery Class
• Sandbrook Community Primary
• Shawclough Community Primary
• Smithy Bridge Primary School
• Spotland Primary
• St Andrew's CE Primary
• 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 - Littleborough
• St Mary's RC Primary and Nursery - Middleton
• St Michael's CE Primary - Alkrington
• St Michael's CE Primary - Bamford
• 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
• Whittaker Moss Primary and Nursery
• Woodland Primary