Healey Learning Centre
Healey Learning Centre is an independent special school in Rochdale for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 34 pupils and room for 70.
Unit 16, Hollow Works, Shawclough Road, Rochdale, OL12 6LN0791 526 9720apex-specialisteducation.comMr Robert Cochrane headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
4 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Rochdale council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 34 | 16 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falinge Park High School | Academy | 470 m | 1,344 | Good 2023 | 21 | Compare |
| Shawclough Community Primary School | Council | 540 m | 428 | Good 2023 | 48 | Compare |
| Healey Foundation Primary School | Foundation | 800 m | 209 | Not inspected | 82 | Compare |
| Spotland Primary Academy | Academy | 850 m | 420 | Inadequate 2024 | 0 | Compare |
| Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School | Council | 910 m | 298 | Good 2024 | 14 | Compare |
| Rochdale Islamic Academy | Independent | 930 m | 75 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Greenbank Primary School | Council | 970 m | 423 | Good 2022 | 66 | Compare |
| Rochdale Islamic Academy | Independent | 970 m | 80 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Healey Learning Centre a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Healey Learning Centre yet.
How many pupils does Healey Learning Centre have?
34 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 70 places, so it is 49% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Unit 16, Hollow Works, Shawclough Road, Rochdale, OL12 6LN
- Telephone
- 0791 526 9720
- Website
- apex-specialisteducation.com
- Headteacher
- Mr Robert Cochrane
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Ward
- Healey
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 July 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150845 · LAESTAB 3546044
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.