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Oldham has 109 state schools: 86 primary, 14 secondary. Between them they teach around 38,538 pupils. 81 have enough published data for a score, averaging 3.9 out of 10, and 2 score 8 or above.

9 have a sixth form. 67 take children from age three or under. 41 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Alexandra Park Junior School Oldham · Requires improvement Alt Academy Oldham · Good Bare Trees Primary School Oldham · Good Beal Vale Primary School Oldham · Good Beever Primary School Oldham · Good Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School Oldham · Requires improvement Broadfield Primary School Oldham · Good Buckstones Primary School Oldham · Not judged Burnley Brow Community School Oldham · Good Christ Church CofE Primary School Oldham · Requires improvement Christ Church CofE Primary School Oldham · Good Co-op Academy Failsworth Manchester · Good Coppice Primary Academy Oldham · Good Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham Crompton Primary School Oldham · Good Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest Oldham · Good Delph Primary School Oldham · Good Diggle School Oldham · Good E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy Oldham · Not judged E-ACT the Oldham Academy North Oldham · Good East Crompton St George's CofE School Oldham · Not judged East Crompton St James CofE Primary School Oldham · Good Ellen House Secondary Oldham · Good Farrowdale House School Oldham Fir Bank Primary School Oldham · Good Freehold Community Academy Oldham · Good Friezland Primary School Oldham · Good Future Finders Employability College Oldham · Good Glodwick Infant and Nursery School Greater Manchester · Outstanding Greater Manchester Independent School Manchester Greenacres Primary Academy Oldham · Good Greenfield Primary School Oldham · Not judged Greenfield St Mary's CofE School Oldham · Good Greenhill Academy Oldham · Good Halcyon Way School Oldham Ol9 9QE · Not judged Hey-with-Zion Primary School Oldham · Good Higher Failsworth Primary School Oldham · Good Hodge Clough Primary School Oldham · Good Hollinwood Academy Oldham · Outstanding Holy Cross Ceva Primary School Oldham · Good Holy Family RC Primary School Oldham · Requires improvement Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham · Good Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School Oldham Horton Mill Community Primary School Oldham · Not judged Hulme Grammar School Oldham Kingfisher Special School Oldham · Outstanding Knowsley Junior School Oldham · Good Limehurst Community Primary School Oldham · Good Littlemoor Primary School Oldham · Requires improvement Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School Oldham · Not judged Mather Street Primary School Manchester · Good Mayfield Primary School Oldham · Requires improvement Medlock Valley Primary School Oldham · Good Mills Hill Primary School Oldham · Good New Bridge School Oldham · Outstanding North Chadderton School Oldham · Not judged Northmoor Academy Oldham · Not judged Oasis Academy Clarksfield Oldham · Good Oasis Academy Leesbrook Oldham · Good Oasis Academy Limeside Oldham · Requires improvement Oasis Academy Oldham Oldham · Good Oldham Sixth Form College Oldham · Good Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School Manchester · Not judged Richmond Academy Oldham · Good Roundthorn Primary Academy Oldham · Good Royton Hall Primary School Oldham · Not judged Rushcroft Primary School Oldham · Good Saddleworth School Oldham · Requires improvement Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Oldham · Requires improvement Sapience Girls Academy Oldham · Good South Failsworth Community Primary School Manchester · Good Spring Brook Academy Oldham · Good Springhead Infant and Nursery School Oldham · Good Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham St Agnes CofE Primary School Oldham · Good St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School Oldham · Not judged St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School Oldham · Good St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham · Requires improvement St Chad's Church of England Primary School Oldham · Good St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy Oldham · Good St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham St Hilda's CofE Primary School Oldham · Good St Hugh's CofE Primary School Oldham · Good St John's Church of England Primary School Manchester · Good St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy Oldham · Good St Luke's CofE Primary School Oldham · Good St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School Oldham · Good St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School Oldham · Not judged St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton Oldham · Good St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester · Good St Matthew's CofE Primary School Oldham · Good St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham · Requires improvement St Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham St Thomas CofE Primary School Oldham · Good St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School Oldham · Good St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School Oldham · Good St. Paul's CofE Primary School Oldham · Good Stanley Road Primary School Oldham · Good The Blue Coat CofE School Oldham · Outstanding The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy Oldham · Not judged The Chadderton Preparatory School Oldham The Crompton House Church of England Academy Oldham · Good The Hathershaw College Oldham · Good The Oldham College Oldham · Requires improvement The Radclyffe School Oldham · Good The Springboard Project Oldham · Good Thornham St. James CofE Primary School Oldham · Good Thorp Primary School Oldham · Good Waterhead Academy Oldham · Not judged Werneth Primary School Oldham · Good Westwood Academy Oldham · Outstanding Westwood Boys School · Good Westwood High Oldham · Good Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School Oldham · Not judged Willowpark Primary Academy Oldham · Good Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School Manchester · Good Woodlands Primary Academy Oldham · Not judged Yew Tree Community School Oldham · Not judged

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

E-ACT the Oldham Academy North Good · ×0.36 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Hugh's CofE Primary School Good · ×0.57 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Oasis Academy Leesbrook Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Radclyffe School Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Rushcroft Primary School Good · ×0.68 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Oasis Academy Oldham Good · ×0.69 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Werneth Primary School Good · ×0.69 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Delph Primary School Good · ×0.72 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Thornham St. James CofE Primary School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Friezland Primary School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Oldham

Primary schools: Policy documents do not mention formal catchment areas — pure distance-based proximity criterion after looked-after/medical/siblings. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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