Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 17 March 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 8 February 2022Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Holy Family RC Primary School, URN 105724
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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 entry25 applications · 4 places offered · 4 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 6.3; Oldham median median 2.3
- 2025 1.3; Oldham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.9; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; Oldham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; Oldham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.2; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.7; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.6; Oldham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 2.5; Oldham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Oldham median
Dashed bars: as Holy Family RC Primary School (URN 105724), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 21 | 1.3 | 13 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 * | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 * | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 * | 12 | 20 | 1.7 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 * | 19 | 30 | 1.6 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 26 | 35 | 1.4 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 44 | 1.5 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 37 | 1.2 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 20 | 32 | 1.6 | 18 | 0.90 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 63% · Writing 74% · Maths 78% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Oldham median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 63% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 0% | 103 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 53% | 0% | 104 | 101 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Holy Family RC Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20266.3applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.1 km · OldhamRemains Good20241.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · OldhamRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Oldham20252.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · OldhamGood20231.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · OldhamGood20242.2applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · OldhamGood20222.0applications per place
- 1.7 km · OldhamGood20232.7applications 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149454 · 353/3400
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 225 pupils · 206 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2022
- Replaced
- Holy Family RC Primary School (URN 105724)
- Address
- Lime Green Road, Limehurst Village, Oldham, OL8 3NG
- Local authority
- Oldham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources