Thornham St. James CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2023–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thornham St. James CofE Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2025 entry.
Thornham St. James CofE 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2025 applicant was offered a place, as at all 11 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 30 offers. Every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 68 Reception 2026 applications, 21 (31%) came from families living outside Oldham, and 12 offers went to them.
- There are 19.7 pupils per teacher. The middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham is 26.9.
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
- Castleton Road, Thornham, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6XT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 22 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 22 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.
- Fir Bank Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorp Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Crompton Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Royton Hall Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beal Vale Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Rushcroft Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published