St Thomas' Leesfield 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
2023–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas' Leesfield 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 9 February 2023. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2025 entry.
St Thomas' Leesfield 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026, there were 36 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (22%) 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.
- 32.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 51.6% 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
- Thomas Street, Lees, Oldham, OL4 5AT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils in this welcoming school feel well cared for and happy.”
- “They said that their teachers are kind and help them to do their best.”
- “Pupils’ positive relationships with their teachers help them to feel safe.”
To improve
- “In a small number of foundation subjects, some teachers’ checks do not give them an accurate understanding of how well pupils remember the key knowledge in the curriculum.”
- “Some teachers introduce new learning before pupils are ready.”
- “As a result, a few pupils develop gaps in their knowledge without their teachers knowing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 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) | 72% | 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, 29 offers in total, 28 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 Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hey-with-Zion Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Roundthorn Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good
- St Agnes CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- St Hugh's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Clarksfield 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Springhead Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alt Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published