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Secondary school admissions now open

Your Parent Portal account is the fastest way to apply for a secondary school place for your child.

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Time to renew your postal vote

Everyone who votes by post must re-apply every 3 years, so if you chose to vote by post before October 2023 you need to re-apply online now.

Postal voting

Rochdale, Greater Manchester Town of Culture 25/26

An exciting year of unmissable events, festivals, exhibitions, and performances highlighting the very best of Rochdale’s rich cultural offerings and creative talent.

What’s on during Rochdale’s year as Greater Manchester Town of Culture

Money, debt and benefit advice

Find resources and advice to help with your benefits, including Pension Credit. You can also find support if you can't afford your energy bills, money or debts.

Get help and advice on money, debt and benefits

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Translation and accessibility tools

To make our website usable for as many people as possible, we've added the Recite Me toolbar. You can use this to do things like translating the text to another language, have the text read aloud and more.