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Best primary schools in Oldham

71 of 88 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Oldham schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

59 of 88 rated Good or Outstanding
13 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 59.0% (best 90.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Christ Church CofE Primary School Oldham	90.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
2	St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School Oldham	87.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
3	Diggle School Oldham	80.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
4	Rushcroft Primary School Oldham hidden gem	80.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
5	Crompton Primary School Oldham	79.0%	Good	about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
6	Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School Manchester	79.0%	Not judged improving	oversubscribed 1.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
7	Buckstones Primary School Oldham	77.0%	Not judged improving	oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
8	St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton Oldham	77.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.34 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
9	St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School Oldham	76.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
10	Fir Bank Primary School Oldham	73.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
11	Roundthorn Primary Academy Oldham	73.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
12	St Agnes CofE Primary School Oldham	73.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
13	Westwood Academy Oldham	73.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
14	St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School Oldham	72.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
15	Christ Church CofE Primary School Oldham	70.0%	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
16	Limehurst Community Primary School Oldham	70.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
17	Friezland Primary School Oldham hidden gem	69.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
18	Burnley Brow Community School Oldham	68.0%	Good declining	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
19	St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy Oldham	68.0%	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
20	Greenfield St Mary's CofE School Oldham	67.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
21	Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School Manchester	67.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
22	Beal Vale Primary School Oldham	66.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
23	Greenfield Primary School Oldham	65.0%	Not judged improving	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
24	Mills Hill Primary School Oldham	65.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
25	St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School Oldham	65.0%	Good improving	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
26	Knowsley Junior School Oldham	64.0%	Good	—	approximate
27	St Chad's Church of England Primary School Oldham	64.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
28	Delph Primary School Oldham hidden gem	63.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
29	Holy Family RC Primary School Oldham	63.0%	Requires improvement	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
30	Royton Hall Primary School Oldham	63.0%	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
31	St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School Oldham	63.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
32	St Thomas CofE Primary School Oldham	62.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
33	Werneth Primary School Oldham hidden gem	60.0%	Good improving	undersubscribed 0.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
34	Yew Tree Community School Oldham	60.0%	Not judged declining	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
35	Hey-with-Zion Primary School Oldham	59.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
36	Willowpark Primary Academy Oldham	59.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
37	Coppice Primary Academy Oldham	58.0%	Good	about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
38	Holy Cross Ceva Primary School Oldham	58.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
39	Richmond Academy Oldham	58.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
40	Greenacres Primary Academy Oldham	57.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.52 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
41	Oasis Academy Clarksfield Oldham	57.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
42	Littlemoor Primary School Oldham	56.0%	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
43	Freehold Community Academy Oldham	55.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
44	Hodge Clough Primary School Oldham	55.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
45	Beever Primary School Oldham	54.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
46	Mayfield Primary School Oldham	53.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
47	Northmoor Academy Oldham	53.0%	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
48	Stanley Road Primary School Oldham	53.0%	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
49	Thorp Primary School Oldham	53.0%	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
50	East Crompton St George's CofE School Oldham	52.0%	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
51	East Crompton St James CofE Primary School Oldham	52.0%	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
52	South Failsworth Community Primary School Manchester	52.0%	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
53	St Hilda's CofE Primary School Oldham	51.0%	Good declining	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
54	Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School Oldham	50.0%	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
55	St Hugh's CofE Primary School Oldham hidden gem	50.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.57 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
56	St John's Church of England Primary School Manchester	50.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
57	Greenhill Academy Oldham	48.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
58	Medlock Valley Primary School Oldham hidden gem	48.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
59	Horton Mill Community Primary School Oldham	47.0%	Not judged	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
60	Bare Trees Primary School Oldham	45.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
61	Mather Street Primary School Manchester	45.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
62	Alexandra Park Junior School Oldham	43.0%	Requires improvement	—	approximate
63	Broadfield Primary School Oldham	43.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
64	Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School Oldham	43.0%	Not judged	about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
65	St Luke's CofE Primary School Oldham hidden gem	41.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
66	Alt Academy Oldham hidden gem	40.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
67	Higher Failsworth Primary School Oldham	40.0%	Good improving	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
68	Woodlands Primary Academy Oldham	40.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
69	Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School Oldham	39.0%	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.52 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
70	St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School Oldham	37.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
71	Oasis Academy Limeside Oldham	36.0%	Requires improvement declining	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate

Also in Oldham

17 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Oldham, not a fairer one.

Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Farrowdale House School
Glodwick Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Outstanding
Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Good
Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School
Springhead Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Good
Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Requires improvement
St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Good
St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Good
St Matthew's CofE Primary School Ofsted: Good
St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Requires improvement
St Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
St. Paul's CofE Primary School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
The Chadderton Preparatory School
Thornham St. James CofE Primary School Ofsted: Good hidden gem

Applying in Oldham

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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