What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 5 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained · as St Joseph's RC Junior Infant and Nursery School, URN 105719
- 11 February 2020Graded inspection: Good · as St Joseph's RC Junior Infant and Nursery School, URN 105719
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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 entryFaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Oldham median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2025 2.6; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2024 2.0; Oldham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 1.6; Oldham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; Oldham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 2.3; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; Oldham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; Oldham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.6; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.3; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; Oldham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Oldham median
Dashed bars: as St Joseph's RC Junior Infant and Nursery School (URN 105719), the previous school.
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 * | 30 | 63 | 2.1 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2025 * | 16 | 41 | 2.6 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 47 | 1.6 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 68 | 2.3 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 88 | 2.9 | 39 | 1.30 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained2025
- 0.6 km · OldhamRequires improvement20212.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · OldhamRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · OldhamGood20242.8applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Oldham20263.9applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · OldhamRemains Good · concerns noted20241.5applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · OldhamGood20242.0applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · OldhamGood2024
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 152017 · 353/3359
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2026
- Replaced
- St Joseph's RC Junior Infant and Nursery School (URN 105719)
- Address
- Oldham Road, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8SZ
- Local authority
- Oldham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources