Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Oldham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 27 January 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 13 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry84 applications · 44 places offered · 37 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Oldham median median 2.3
- 2025 1.7; Oldham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2023 2.0; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.1; Oldham median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Oldham median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Oldham median median 1.8
- 2019 1.5; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2018 1.4; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.5; Oldham median median 1.8
- 2016 1.6; Oldham median median 1.8
- 2015 1.5; Oldham median median 1.8
- 2014 1.5; Oldham median median 1.8
- This school
- Oldham median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 44 | 84 | 1.9 | 37 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 35 | 60 | 1.7 | 33 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 40 | 73 | 1.8 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 31 | 63 | 2.0 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 39 | 81 | 2.1 | 35 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 42 | 66 | 1.6 | 40 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 56 | 88 | 1.6 | 50 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 61 | 94 | 1.5 | 52 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2018 | 72 | 101 | 1.4 | 58 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2017 | 63 | 95 | 1.5 | 48 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2016 | 52 | 83 | 1.6 | 46 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 136 | 1.5 | 80 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 133 | 1.5 | 91 | 1.01 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Springhead Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place
- 0.4 km · Oldham202664%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · OldhamNot yet inspected2.2applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · OldhamRemains Good20222.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · OldhamStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · OldhamRemains Good20232.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · OldhamStandards maintained20253.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · OldhamGood20231.6applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Oldham20261.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 105668 · 353/2078
- Capacity
- 207 pupils · 150 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Cooper Street, Springhead, Oldham, OL4 4QT
- Local authority
- Oldham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources