Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2024
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Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery 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 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 25 offers, 1.5 first choices per offer and the 2nd highest of 79 Oldham primary schools.
- Of the Reception 2026 offers, 24 went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (37%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 23 of the 67 applications (34%) came from families living outside Oldham, and 8 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Butterworth Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 8EB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this welcoming school, which is built on strong relationships.”
- “Pupils know adults will listen and help whenever needed.”
- “From the very start of the early years, children thrive in this nurturing environment.”
To improve
- “In 2024, some pupils’ attainment, for example in mathematics at the end of key stage 2, was significantly below the national average.”
- “Nevertheless, in a few remaining subjects, including some areas of learning in the early years, the school is still refining its work to ensure that staff are clear about what they want pupils to learn.”
- “This means that, sometimes, staff find it difficult to design learning that helps pupils to gain important knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2025 (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) | 39% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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.
- Yew Tree Community School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Higher Failsworth Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanley Road Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Mather Street Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published