St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2024
2022–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2024 entry.
St Anne's CofE (Aided) 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 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 Reception 2026, there were 40 first-choice applications for 40 offers; 38 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In Reception 2024, every applicant was offered a place, as at all 11 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2024 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 28.9 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham is 23.8.
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
- Ormerod Avenue, Royton, St Anne's Primary School, Oldham, OL2 5DH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 290 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “The school is beginning to take the right actions to improve the education that pupils receive.”
- “Pupils conduct themselves well.”
- “They understand what staff expect of them and rise to these expectations.”
To improve
- “The school is in the early stages of developing a curriculum that is ambitious.”
- “Currently, pupils do not learn consistently well across all areas.”
- “By the time that they leave the school, too many pupils do not have the mathematics and reading skills that they need for their future learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 April 2025 (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) | 63% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 38 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.
- Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St. Paul's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Royton Hall Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thorp Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Hilda's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Burnley Brow Community School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bare Trees Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published