St. Paul's CofE 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 🔒
St. Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St. Paul's 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 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 for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 26.9 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham is 25.
- Of its pupils, 29% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.2% 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
- Hindle Drive, Royton, Oldham, OL2 5LU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 231 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 18 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.
- Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thorp Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Royton Hall Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burnley Brow Community School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bare Trees Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fir Bank Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published