Thorp Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thorp Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Thorp 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 2025, as was the case at all 11 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 21.4 pupils per teacher, against 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
- Westerdale Drive, Royton, Oldham, OL2 5TY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 217 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Thorp Primary School.”
- “They work and play happily with their friends.”
- “Leaders resolve any instances of bullying quickly.”
To improve
- “However, the delivery of these revised curriculum designs is still at a relatively early stage.”
- “As a result, in some subjects, older pupils have gaps in their learning.”
- “In a small number of subjects, the precise learning that needs to be checked has only recently been identified.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 August 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) | 53% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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. Paul's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fir Bank Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Royton Hall Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thornham St. James CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crompton Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published