Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Christ Church CofE Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Christ Church CofE 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- With 47 pupils on roll in January 2026, it has 11.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 26.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham.
- Reception 2026 drew 5 first-choice applications for 6 offers; 5 of the 22 applications (23%) came from families living outside Oldham, and 3 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The latest Ofsted inspection, on 4 June 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 12 March 2024, was Requires improvement.
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
- Delph Road, Delph Road, Oldham, OL3 5RY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 47 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 4 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are part of a friendly and nurturing school.”
- “They uphold the school’s vision to treat others as they wish to be treated.”
- “As such, they show kindness and consideration to everyone.”
To improve
- “At times, they do not learn as well as they could because some lessons are not carefully considered to ensure that they build their knowledge securely.”
- “This includes children in the early years, who sometimes find the content of the curriculum too challenging.”
- “A small number of pupils struggle to keep up with their learning due to gaps in their knowledge that have not been addressed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 70% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 5 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.
- Delph Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Buckstones Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged
- East Crompton St George's CofE School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- East Crompton St James CofE Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Diggle School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rushcroft Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beal Vale Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published