Willowpark Primary 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 🔒
Willowpark Primary 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 9 May 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Willowpark Primary 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
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the admission number was 30 places.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 59% met the expected standard, highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 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
- Vulcan Street, Oldham, OL1 4LJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this school and described it as being kind and welcoming to all.”
- “The school’s values of being respectful, responsible and resilient are shown daily through pupils’ consideration and compassion towards each other and their approach to school life.”
- “Strong, affirming relationships between pupils and adults makes sure that pupils feel safe and secure.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is still to be finalised in a small number of subjects.”
- “In these subjects, the school has not refined exactly what pupils should learn and when this subject content should be taught.”
- “This makes it more difficult for teachers to design learning that helps pupils to build on what they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 59% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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 Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mayfield Primary School 0.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Littlemoor Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Beever Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenacres Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Cross Ceva Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published