Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Manchester, Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2024
2022 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Oldham for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2024 entry.
Woodhouses Voluntary 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 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant to Reception in 2024 was offered a place, as was the case at all 11 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2024 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 18 offers went to first-choice families, so 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The school has 33.3 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham is 25.1.
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
- Ashton Road, Woodhouses, Failsworth, Manchester, M35 9WL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England/Free Church
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 133 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 33.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School.”
- “They feel safe and well cared for.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and friendly.”
To improve
- “By the end of key stage 2, the number of pupils attaining the higher standard is below national averages.”
- “However, on occasions, learning tasks are not clearly matched to pupils’ needs.”
- “When this is the case, gaps in pupils’ knowledge are not identified precisely or quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 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) | 67% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 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.
- Holy Family RC Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Limehurst Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Higher Failsworth Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Limeside 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South Failsworth Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Not judged