Hodge Clough 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 🔒
Hodge Clough Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 11 July 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Hodge Clough 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 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reading, writing and maths expected standard, 2024/25: 55%, 3rd highest of 7 schools (this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham that have results).
- For Reception 2026, there were 45 first-choice applications for 46 offers, with 44 first-choice offers and 1 first-choice family not offered a place.
- 27.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham.
- There are 26.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.4 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
- Conduit Street, Moorside, Oldham, OL1 4JX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 443 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 11 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this warm and friendly school.”
- “They form strong bonds with staff which help them to feel well cared for.”
- “Pupils believe that the kindness they show to one another contributes to their happiness at school.”
To improve
- “However, too often, pupils’ experiences in lessons do not support them in learning what the school intends.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, in other subjects, staff do not ensure that pupils have the opportunity to learn all that they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 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) | 55% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 44 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 Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willowpark Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Littlemoor Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mayfield Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published