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Willow View School

Special · ages 6-18MixedIndependent30 pupilsRochdale
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Places1 spare30 pupils, 31 places
Pupils on roll30Census January 2024

Willow View School is an independent special school in Rochdale for boys and girls aged 6 to 18. It has 30 pupils and room for 31.

Fisherfield Farm, Hargate Avenue, Norden, Rochdale, OL12 6BT01706 390419five-rivers.org/education/schools/willow-view-schoolMr Colin Douro headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

GCSE results, summer 2025

8 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.

Pupils on roll30Census January 2024
Places3197% full
Pupils from low-income families–Get free school meals
Pupils getting extra support3%1 pupil with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan97%29 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls18 / 12
How the mix of pupils has changed
Census2026202520242023
Pupils on roll30272711
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support–0%0%0%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans–100%100%100%

The area around the school

Local crime rate0 per 1,000 people100% lower than the England average
Typical house price£207,000Rochdale
Nearest bus stop220 mRedfearn Wood, 9 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Caldershaw Primary SchoolAcademy800 m235Outstanding 2024–Compare
St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy800 m343Requires improvement 2023–Compare
Norden Primary AcademyAcademy830 m370Good 2023–Compare
Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles298Good 202414Compare
RedwoodCouncil0.9 miles365Good 2022–Compare
Oulder Hill Leadership AcademyAcademy0.9 miles1,152No overall grade 202566Compare
Healey Learning CentreIndependent0.9 miles34Not inspected–Compare
Whittaker Moss Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles443Good 202379Compare
All schools in RochdaleBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Willow View School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Willow View School yet.

How many pupils does Willow View School have?

30 pupils aged 6 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 31 places, so it is 97% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Fisherfield Farm, Hargate Avenue, Norden, Rochdale, OL12 6BT
Telephone
01706 390419
Website
five-rivers.org/education/schools/willow-view-school
Headteacher
Mr Colin Douro
Type of school
Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 6-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Rochdale
Ward
Norden
Constituency
Heywood and Middleton North
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
4 August 2022 (new provision)
URN
149020 · LAESTAB 3546041
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Recent changes

  • New KS4 results for 2024/25

Where these figures come from