St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, 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 🔒
St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Oldham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St John's Church of England Primary School 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
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 22 offers, and every applicant was offered a place, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published outcome.
- Of 59 Reception applications in 2026, 6 (10%) came from families living outside Oldham, and 2 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 21.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 27.3 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
- St Johns C of E Primary School, James Street, Failsworth, Manchester, M35 9PY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 255 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this school, which is at the heart of the local community.”
- “They are happy to come to school because they make lots of friends and their teachers are kind.”
- “They said that they feel safe because leaders and staff listen to them if they have a problem.”
To improve
- “However, in early years, there is some variation in the way in which staff teach some of the themes.”
- “As a result, children are not as well prepared for some aspects of learning in key stage 1 as they could be.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders and teachers are not clear enough about the knowledge that they want pupils to acquire.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 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) | 50% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 20 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.
- Higher Failsworth Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Not judged
- Mather Street Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South Failsworth Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family RC Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published