Milton St John's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Milton St John's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2025 entry.
Milton St John's 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | 0.637 mi |
| Reception 2016 | Not published |
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 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 13th highest of 70 Tameside primary schools.
- In 2026 Reception, 30 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- There are 23 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Tameside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tameside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mill Lane, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL5 0BN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy at this welcoming school.”
- “They are proud to live up to the school’s ethos, which includes showing respect and not giving up.”
- “Pupils feel cared for by the adults in the school.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of staff are still learning how to deliver the new phonics programme.”
- “At times, these staff do not use the most appropriate strategies to support pupils to learn well.”
- “This slows some pupils’ progress in becoming fluent readers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 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) | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Tameside.
- St Joseph's RC Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Livingstone Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Buckton Vale Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millbrook Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Raphael's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published