Beever Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beever Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2022. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Beever Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 25 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the 18th lowest of 79 Oldham primary schools.
- The free school meals figure here is 62.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oldham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Moorby Street, Oldham, OL1 3QU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 62.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy life at Beever Primary School.”
- “They engage well with lessons, mostly attend well and take pride in their work.”
- “Pupils benefit from an effective approach to the teaching of key skills.”
To improve
- “In 2024/25, pupils’ overall attendance was below the national average.”
- “However, teaching in a small number of subjects does not support pupils to develop detailed knowledge and skills.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 54% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 21 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oldham.
- Holy Cross Ceva Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Horton Mill Community Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mayfield Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Willowpark Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenacres Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenhill Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Hilda's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published