St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton 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 16 November 2022. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.
St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 29 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- In Reception 2026, 18 of the 97 applications (19%) came from families living outside Oldham, and 7 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd highest 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
- Rushcroft Road, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 7PP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to St Mary’s.”
- “Parents and carers share their children’s positive views about the school.”
- “They appreciate the care and support that their children receive from the teachers and staff.”
To improve
- “However, in some wider curriculum subjects, teachers are not always as clear about exactly what pupils know and remember.”
- “As a result, pupils are not able to build on their learning as effectively as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 77% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Crompton Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Rushcroft Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beal Vale Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- East Crompton St James CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thornham St. James CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fir Bank Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Royton Hall Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published