Oldham schools and admissions data

Oldham Borough Council has 94 primary schools and 28 secondary schools. 8% of Oldham's schools are private schools. 33 state schools in Oldham follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 74 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Oldham

  1. Outstanding 16
  2. Good 60
  3. Requires Improvement 12
  4. Inadequate 5

Most popular state schools
in Oldham in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Greenfield Primary School

    Community school • Greenfield, Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Mayfield Primary School

    Academy converter • Derker, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School

    Community school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Corpus Christi RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    St Edward's RC School

    Voluntary aided school • Lees, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    St Joseph's RC Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school • Shaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Hey-with-Zion Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Lees, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Community school • Failsworth, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    St Anne's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Roundthorn Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    Greenhill Academy

    Academy converter • Glodwick, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school • Fitton Hill, Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  13. 13

    Mills Hill Primary School

    Community school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  14. 14

    St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Royton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Greenacres Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Oldham

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  16. 16

    St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Lees, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton

    Voluntary aided school • Shaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Thornham St James CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Thornham, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    East Crompton St James CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Shaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    South Failsworth Community Primary School

    Community school • Failsworth, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    The Blue Coat CofE School

    Academy converter • Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    North Chadderton School

    Academy converter • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    The Crompton House Church of England Academy

    Academy converter • Shaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College

    Voluntary aided school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Saddleworth School

    Community school • Uppermill, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    The Radclyffe School

    Foundation school • Chadderton, Oldham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    The Hathershaw College

    Academy converter • Hathershaw, Oldham

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Co-op Academy Failsworth

    Academy sponsor led • Failsworth, Manchester

    Ofsted: None

  9. 9

    Oasis Academy Oldham

    Academy sponsor led • Oldham

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  10. 10

    Waterhead Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Oldham

    Ofsted: None

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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