Burnley Brow Community School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Oldham

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

Every applicant was offered a place

From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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Burnley Brow Community 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 21 July 2023. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.

Burnley Brow Community 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 2025	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2024	🔒 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, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
In Reception 2026, there were 62 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
In Reception 2025, every applicant was offered a place, as at all 11 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
The school has 32.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.8 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: Victoria Street, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BY
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Oldham
Pupils on roll: 473 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 31.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 32.8

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 21 July 2023

Strengths

“Pupils flourish at this welcoming school, where everyone feels valued regardless of their differences.”
“Leaders are ambitious for all pupils.”
“Staff support all pupils effectively in developing their vocabulary and spoken English.”

To improve

“However, in a small number of subjects, some teachers do not teach all of the specific knowledge set out in the curriculum as specified by leaders.”
“In these subjects, leaders have not assured themselves that the curriculum is being taught as intended.”
“Consequently, in a small number of subjects, some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 2023 (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)	68%	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: 62 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.

Bare Trees Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
St Hilda's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Westwood Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Northmoor Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Richmond Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Matthew's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published