Richmond Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Richmond Academy is a primary school in Oldham for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 January 2023. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Richmond Academy 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 17.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 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
- Winterbottom Street, Oldham, OL9 6HY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 389 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy attending Richmond Academy.”
- “They quickly become part of the school community in this welcoming school.”
- “Pupils described the school as a friendly place where they feel cared for.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, teachers do not use assessment strategies effectively to check what pupils know and remember.”
- “This means that teachers are less certain about what learning pupils should revisit in these subjects.”
- “As a result, some pupils miss learning something important without teachers knowing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 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) | 58% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 24 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.
- Westwood Academy 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northmoor Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Hilda's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Freehold Community Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Werneth Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Ceva Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published