Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2022. 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
- In 2024/25, 90% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026, there were 36 first-choice applications for 37 offers; 33 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (8%) 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 39 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 26.9 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
- Crawley Way, Off Denton Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 9ED
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 273 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 39
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2022
Strengths
- “Christ Church CofE Primary School is a welcoming and happy school.”
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, are polite and friendly.”
- “They respect differences between people.”
To improve
- “However, in a very small number of subjects, teachers do not check carefully enough that pupils’ knowledge is secure before they move on to new learning.”
- “When this happens, some pupils do not learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 February 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) | 90% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 33 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 Luke's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Freehold Community Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stanley Road Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Yew Tree Community School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westwood Academy 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bare Trees Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published