Sessional pre-school in Hopwood, Rochdale
Hopwood Park Playgroup
Hopwood Bowling Club, Hopwood Green, Coronation Avenue, HEYWOOD, OL10 2NB · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Hopwood Bowling Club, Hopwood Green, Coronation Avenue, HEYWOOD, OL10 2NB · More nurseries in OL10
Stations
- Heywood (East Lancashire Railway)13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Arnold Avenue, Hopwood Avenue and Heywood Fire Station.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hopwood Park2 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Rochdale there are about 3.3 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Hopwood Park Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at Hopwood Bowling Club, Hopwood Green, Coronation Avenue, HEYWOOD, OL10 2NB, in Hopwood, Rochdale. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopwood Park PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Hopwood House Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.1 miles |
| Kids Planet HopwoodFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Kids Planet HeywoodFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| St Joseph's Preschool NurseryFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
| Spring Willows PlaygroupFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
| Tiddlywinks Nursery School (Heywood) LtdFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hopwood Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected January 2024 0.1 miles
- Harwood Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.7 miles
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2020 0.7 miles
- All Souls Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected December 2023 1.1 miles
- Woodland Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.1 miles
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 1.1 miles
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.3 miles
- St Edward's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected October 2024 1.4 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Hopwood Park Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hopwood Park Playgroup Good at its inspection on 23 April 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Hopwood Park Playgroup take?
Hopwood Park Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Hopwood Park Playgroup?
Heywood (East Lancashire Railway) is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY398336 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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