Oasis Academy Limeside
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Oasis Academy Limeside is a primary school in Oldham for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Oasis Academy Limeside 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
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- On reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, it was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham that have results.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome, with 40 first-choice applications for 42 offers.
- Of pupils here, 71.5% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 44.4% 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
- Third Avenue, Limeside, Oldham, OL8 3SB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 452 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 71.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and well cared for.”
- “They told inspectors how much they enjoy the many clubs, trips and activities that are on offer to them.”
- “Pupils explained that these opportunities broaden their horizons and encourage them to develop new talents and interests.”
To improve
- “However, these aspirations are often not realised, especially for some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Nonetheless, pupils are not as well prepared as they should be for the next stages of their education.”
- “Published data for this school in 2023 showed that the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics was low in both key stages 1 and 2.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 36% | 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, 42 offers in total, 40 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.
- Holy Family RC Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Limehurst Community Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Higher Failsworth Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Stanley Road Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published