Bare Trees Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bare Trees Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 June 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Bare Trees 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| 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
- Reception 2026 had 64 first-choice applications for 66 offers: 63 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 22.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 25 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
- Holly Grove, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0DX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 636 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this busy and friendly school.”
- “They are warmly greeted each day by staff.”
- “Pupils appreciate the considerable care that staff give to their well-being.”
To improve
- “The school’s published data for 2023 shows that the proportion of pupils who met expected standards in mathematics and writing at the end of Year 6 was below national averages.”
- “From time to time, the activities that teachers design are not matched closely enough to the knowledge in the curriculum.”
- “Occasionally, some pupils develop misconceptions that then need to be rectified at a later date.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 2024 (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) | 45% | 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: 64 first-preference applications, 66 offers in total, 63 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.
- Burnley Brow Community School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Westwood Academy 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Hilda's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Northmoor Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Richmond Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published