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St Chad's Church of England Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 269Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 140589URN

Rhodes Avenue, Uppermill, Oldham, OL3 6EE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodOct 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
0.9 above Oldham median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Oldham

95 applications for 30 places · 10th of 70 in Oldham
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
64%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodOct 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025
The graded inspection, 22 October 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 29 January 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 22 October 2019
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.2applications per place, Reception
0.9 above Oldham median (2.3) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

95 applications · 30 places offered · 26 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.2; Oldham median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.1; Oldham median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.6; Oldham median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.4; Oldham median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.3; Oldham median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.0; Oldham median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.3; Oldham median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.7; Oldham median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.2; Oldham median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.4; Oldham median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.1; Oldham median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.4; Oldham median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.4; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Oldham median in 12 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Oldham median

Dashed bars: as St Chad's CofE Primary School (URN 105690), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630953.2260.87
Sep 202530622.1260.87
Sep 202420512.6170.85
Sep 202326632.4261.00
Sep 202232722.3300.94
Sep 202135712.0330.94
Sep 202038872.3381.00
Sep 201937982.7371.00
Sep 201844952.2360.82
Sep 201739942.4330.85
Sep 201640832.1350.88
Sep 201540952.4451.13
Sep 2014 *39922.4350.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 71% · Writing 73% · Maths 71% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%26th of 71 in Oldham
Reading
Expected standard71%
Higher standard44%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth4%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard18%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Oldham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2564%2%107103
2023/2459%8%106105
2022/2358%11%105103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140589 · 353/3008
Trust
Forward As One Church of England Multi Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
300 pupils · 269 on roll
Free school meals
6.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 February 2014
Replaced
St Chad's CofE Primary School (URN 105690)
Address
Rhodes Avenue, Uppermill, Oldham, OL3 6EE
Local authority
Oldham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources