Limehurst Community 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 🔒
Limehurst Community Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Limehurst Community 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
- 52.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 44.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 34 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths results for 2024/25 were the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham that have results.
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
- White Bank Road, Oldham, OL8 3JQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 323 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils are happy and well cared for by staff.”
- “Pupils start each day with broad smiles.”
- “The school is a welcoming place where pupils are content.”
To improve
- “However, at times, teachers do not identify pupils’ misconceptions as quickly as they could.”
- “This means that, sometimes, teachers introduce new concepts before pupils are ready.”
- “Occasionally, this hinders some pupils from learning as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 2024 (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) | 70% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 32 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 Family RC Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Limeside 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Higher Failsworth Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published