Holy Family RC Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Holy Family RC Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Holy Family RC 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 4 first-choice applications for 4 offers, against a published admission number of 30 places, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 21 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 26.7 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
- Lime Green Road, Limehurst Village, Oldham, OL8 3NG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy a real sense of belonging at this school.”
- “Some describe it as feeling like being part of a family.”
- “They are safe and cared for well in this warm, welcoming environment.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils’ handwriting and spelling skills are not as secure.”
- “This hinders these pupils from expressing their thinking accurately when writing.”
- “However, there are occasions when staff do not consistently carry out effective checks on pupils’ understanding.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2026 (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) | 63% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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.
- Limehurst Community Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Limeside 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Higher Failsworth Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published