Friezland Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Friezland Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Friezland 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 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 9 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 12 of the 71 applications (17%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Oldham; 0 offers went to them.
- The school has 19.4 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham is 21.3.
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
- Church Road, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7LN
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 97 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive at school with a smile on their face.”
- “They are happy, polite and welcoming.”
- “They develop positive relationships with each other and with staff.”
To improve
- “However, some older pupils find it difficult to remain on task and their peers feel that this disrupts their learning.”
- “The school’s expectations of what pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), can achieve are sometimes too low.”
- “Some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 69% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 9 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.
- St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Greenfield Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greenfield St Mary's CofE School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Knowsley Junior School 1.4 mi Good
- St Agnes CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained
- Springhead Infant and Nursery School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Chad's Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published