Littlemoor Primary School
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 🔒
Littlemoor Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 25 June 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Littlemoor 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 25 June 2024, was Requires improvement; among the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham, 3 are Good, 1 Requires improvement and 4 have no current grade.
- Reception 2026 brought 30 first-choice applications for 39 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the 10th lowest of 79 Oldham primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Littlemoor Lane, Oldham, OL4 2RR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 313 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 25 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this vibrant, welcoming school.”
- “They enjoy learning and socialising with their friends.”
- “The school values of friendship, independence, respect and excellence are evident in the way that pupils conduct themselves.”
To improve
- “However, because of weaknesses in the previous curriculum, some pupils have gaps in their learning.”
- “They do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, some teachers do not select activities that support pupils to learn the subject content of the curriculum as deeply as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 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) | 56% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 39 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.
- Greenacres Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Mayfield Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willowpark Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Clarksfield 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hey-with-Zion Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published