Watergrove is a place where everyone in our community, regardless of age, can thrive and learn.
Encompassing nursery, primary and secondary schools, Watergrove constantly invests in staff development and school improvement, with equal benefit to the individual and the institution.
The success of our community comes from our lived values.
Providing more, as one community,
to enable life in all its fullness.
Learners come first and we are all responsible for the quality of their experience and well-being.
Everyone belongs and everyone is included.
We are part-centralised and co-create quality through collaboration, whilst maintaining schools’ individual identities.




We currently have nine schools, six primary and three secondary, each bringing their own special qualities and expertise to share. Explore our schools below:









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A massive thank you to all of our amazing parents, carers, children, and staff for making parents' evening such a warm, positive, and successful event. It was wonderful to catch up, share progress, and celebrate everything our pupils have achieved so far.
A special thank you goes to our school nurse and the team from home-start for taking the time to attend and offer invaluable expert advice and support to our school community. 💙
We’d also like to give a big shout-out to everyone who took a moment to fill out our proud clouds ☁️💖 Reading all the wonderful messages about what makes you so proud of your little ones brought huge smiles to our faces. They are a constant reminder of how special our children are!
Thank you all for your continued partnership and support.
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As part of our welcome evening for new colleagues, the Matthew Moss team took time to reflect on their own journeys into teaching and the power of shared experience.
We were then joined by Stephanie Carlin ( bit.ly/4yRufxz ), who delivered an inspiring session on Functional Fluency - the art of understanding human communication and building balanced, effective relationships.
By helping us better understand our own responses and interactions, Functional Fluency empowers staff to build stronger, more supportive connections with each other and our young people. For our learners, this means a classroom environment shaped by empathy, clarity, and mutual respect, giving them the emotional and social confidence to truly flourish.
We are excited to see the positive impact of this learning across our whole school community.
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As part of our commitment to year 11 pupils and parents, we would like to invite you to a GCSE information evening at school on Thursday 8th October. As part of the evening there will be a 25-minute presentation sharing important information for the upcoming year, including what revision and help are available for both parents and pupils before their upcoming mock and GCSE exams. In the session pupils will receive their mock timetables.
Due to space requirements, we are inviting parents and pupils to attend one session:
Pupils in forms- 11LR1, 11EW2, 11RA3, 11AMA4, 11LF5, KS4A are invited to attend the session at:
5.00pm- 5.30pm
Pupils in forms- 11VA6, 11FHO7, 11SSE8, 11RM9, 11RO10, KSE are invited to attend the session at:
6.00pm- 6.30pm
Both sessions will be held in the heart space.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in getting in touch.
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Today, some of our KS2 children had the opportunity to go bowling as part of our offer with RBSGP, they all had huge smiles of their faces and gave it a really great go! Even Mrs Howard and Mr Nixon joined in on the fun! #SoaringToSuccess #providingmore #WatergroveTrust ... See MoreSee Less
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Wardle learners Sophia and Summer have gained their black belt in karate!
Both girls have worked incredibly hard over the last 5 years to achieve their black belt and we are very proud of their hard work and dedication Their grading including performing a mixture of kion, Kata, pad work and sparring.
Do you have a success story to share? Do so here bit.ly/3APi5fd
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🚨On Friday, Year 6 visited the annual Crucial Crew event in Milnrow. Together, they met with different services in the borough, including the British Transport Police, Greater Manchester Victims’ Services and our Rochdale Nursing Team. It is always an insightful and engaging session and our Year 6s were brilliantly mature and curious.
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Arlo entered a Spooky Bee drawing competition at the local library which included entries from children all across the borough. Arlo won a prize for his entry and a set of Winnie and Wilbur books, he has chosen to donate the books to Sandbrook for his friends and everyone to enjoy!
Well done and thank you, Arlo!
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A huge well done to Tillie and Daisy Mae who both dance at Eternal Gems Dance Troupe with Tillie leading the team for the season.
They competed at the annual championships at Parkdean Skegness last weekend with the team placing as runner up champions on the day.
Fancy joining the dance troupe? Come along to the Hive in Balderstone park on Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 8:30pm.
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