Mather Street Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Mather Street Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Oldham for ages 3–11 (community school). Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Mather Street 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, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 52.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham is 30.8%.
- The school has 32.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham is 27.4.
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
- Mather Street, Failsworth, Manchester, M35 0DT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 32.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Mather Street Primary love coming to school.”
- “Staff warmly welcome them at the start of each day.”
- “Clear routines help pupils settle quickly to their learning.”
To improve
- “Despite recent improvements, the expectations for pupils’ attendance are not high enough to ensure that this is similar to pupils nationally.”
- “These pupils miss out on the range of exciting opportunities available at school.”
- “Over time, pupils' attainment by the end of Year 6 in reading, writing and mathematics has been below the national average.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 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) | 45% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Not judged
- St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- South Failsworth Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Higher Failsworth Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Yew Tree Community School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published