St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 June 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) 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 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 48% of pupils, against a middle figure of 40% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham.
- For Reception 2026 there were 12 first-choice applications for 13 offers; every applicant was offered a place, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham that have results.
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
- Coleridge Road, Sholver, Oldham, OL1 4RL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 31.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are well cared for and are happy at school.”
- “They learn how to be healthy in mind and body.”
- “For example, many pupils take part in a wide range of sporting activities outside of the school day.”
To improve
- “The school’s 2023 published data shows that a significant proportion of pupils did not meet the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check.”
- “However, weaknesses in earlier phonics teaching mean that some pupils have gaps in their reading knowledge.”
- “This means that, despite effective support from staff, these pupils struggle to read with fluency and accuracy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2024 (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) | 37% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 12 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.
- Hodge Clough Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Crompton St George's CofE School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Buckstones Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged
- Willowpark Primary Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Crompton St James CofE Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published