Freehold Community Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Freehold Community Academy is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 1 November 2023. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Freehold Community 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 52 first-choice applications for 53 offers, with a published admission number of 60; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 20 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 26.9 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
- Sidmouth Street, Oldham, OL9 7RG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 447 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 1 November 2023
Strengths
- “Freehold Community Academy is a special place in which to learn.”
- “Pupils are happy, and they thrive at this school.”
- “This is because pupils know that they have a voice and that staff will listen to them if they have any concerns.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 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) | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 52 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.
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stanley Road Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Westwood Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Richmond Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published