Westwood Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2024
2022–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Westwood Academy is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2024 entry.
Westwood 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 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 the 2026 Reception entry there were 44 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.5 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 79 Oldham primary schools.
- In the 2026 Reception entry, 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham that have results.
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
- Middleton Road, Oldham, Oldham, OL9 6BH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 242 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils relish a plethora of opportunities that help them to learn and shine at Westwood.”
- “Pupils embody their school motto to ‘believe, achieve and succeed’.”
- “The school has exceptionally high expectations of what pupils can and should achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 73% | 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: 44 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 Oldham.
- Richmond Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northmoor Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Hilda's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Burnley Brow Community School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Freehold Community Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Bare Trees Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published