Oldham schools and admissions data

Oldham Borough Council has 97 primary schools and 34 secondary schools. 12% of Oldham's schools are private schools. 28 state schools in Oldham follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 81 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Oldham

  1. Outstanding 15
  2. Good 68
  3. Requires Improvement 10
  4. Inadequate 5

Most popular state schools
in Oldham in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Community school • Failsworth, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Corpus Christi RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Greenhill Academy

    Academy converter • Glodwick, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Buckstones Primary School

    Community school • Shaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    St Joseph's RC Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school • Shaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Greenacres Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Roundthorn Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Fir Bank Primary School

    Academy converter • Royton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Holy Rosary RC Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school • Fitton Hill, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school • Fitton Hill, Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School

    Community school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton

    Voluntary aided school • Shaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Hodge Clough Primary School

    Community school • Moorside, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Burnley Brow Community School

    Community school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School

    Academy converter • Grasscroft, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Friezland Primary School

    Foundation school • Greenfield, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Freehold Community Academy

    Academy converter • Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Dobcross, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Thornham St James CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Thornham, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Royton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    The Blue Coat CofE School

    Academy converter • Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    The Hathershaw College

    Academy converter • Hathershaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College

    Voluntary aided school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    The Radclyffe School

    Foundation school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    North Chadderton School

    Academy converter • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  6. 6

    Saddleworth School

    Community school • Diggle, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    The Crompton House Church of England Academy

    Academy converter • Shaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Co-op Academy Failsworth

    Academy sponsor led • Failsworth, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    Oasis Academy Leesbrook

    Free schools • Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Royton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Inadequate

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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