Oldham schools and Ofsted
Every state school and nursery in Oldham, 110 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 82% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 13 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.
110state schools and nurseries
82%good or betterat their last inspection
13new report cardssince November 2025
10inspections publishedin the last six months
Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.
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Latest inspections
- St Hugh's CofE Primary School: new Ofsted report card 27 September
- Knowsley Junior School: new Ofsted report card 9 September
- Beever Primary School: new Ofsted report card 9 September
- Greenacres Primary Academy: new Ofsted report card 7 September
- Christ Church CofE Primary School: new Ofsted report card 13 July
- Broadfield Primary School: new Ofsted report card 22 June
- Mather Street Primary School: new Ofsted report card 17 June
- The Hathershaw College: new Ofsted report card 7 June
- Mills Hill Primary School: new Ofsted report card 20 May
- Holy Family RC Primary School: new Ofsted report card 18 May
Every school
| Alexandra Park Junior SchoolOL8 2BE | Primary | Glodwick | Requires improvement (2022) |
| Alt AcademyOL8 2EL | Primary | Alt | School remains Good (2022) |
| Bare Trees Primary SchoolOL9 0DX | Primary | Busk | Good (2024) |
| Beal Vale Primary SchoolOL2 7SY | Primary | Shaw | Good (2024) |
| Beever Primary SchoolOL1 3QU | Primary | Higginshaw | Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in 3, expected standard in 4 |
| Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery SchoolOL2 6NT | Primary | Shaw Edge | Requires improvement (2022) |
| Broadfield Primary SchoolOL8 1LH | Primary | Primrose Bank | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6 |
| Buckstones Primary SchoolOL2 8HN | Primary | Crompton Fold | Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2024) |
| Burnley Brow Community SchoolOL9 0BY | Primary | Busk | School remains Good (2023) |
| Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolOL9 9ED | Primary | Cowhill | School remains Good (2023) |
| Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolOL3 5RY | Primary | Denshaw | Report card Jul 2026: Expected standard in 3, needs attention in 4 |
| Co-op Academy FailsworthM35 9HA | Secondary | Woodhouses | Good (2024) |
| Co-op Academy StrinesdaleOL4 3NY | Secondary | Waterhead | Good in 1, requires improvement in 3 (2025) |
| Coppice Primary AcademyOL8 1AP | Primary | Coppice | Standards maintained (2024) |
| Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOL9 7HA | Primary | Butler Green | School remains Outstanding (2023) |
| Crompton Primary SchoolOL2 7HD | Primary | Cowlishaw | School remains Good (improving) (2024) |
| Delph Primary SchoolOL3 5HN | Primary | Delph | School remains Good (2023) |
| Diggle SchoolOL3 5PU | Primary | Diggle | School remains Good (2023) |
| Dixons Middleton AcademyM24 2GT | Secondary | Middleton Junction | School remains Good (with concerns) (2024) |
| E-ACT Royton and Crompton AcademyOL2 6NT | Secondary | Shaw Edge | Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2025) |
| E-ACT the Oldham Academy NorthOL2 5BF | Secondary | Royley | Improved significantly (2025) |
| East Crompton St George's CofE SchoolOL2 8AX | Primary | Clough (OL2) | Good in every area (2025) |
| East Crompton St James CofE Primary SchoolOL2 7TD | Primary | Shaw | Report card Mar 2026: Strong standard in 2, expected standard in 5 |
| Elm Wood Primary SchoolM24 2EG | Primary | Middleton Junction | Good (2024) |
| Fir Bank Primary SchoolOL2 6SJ | Primary | Oozewood | School remains Good (2023) |
| Freehold Community AcademyOL9 7RG | Primary | Cowhill | School remains Good (improving) (2023) |
| Friezland Primary SchoolOL3 7LN | Primary | Grasscroft | Some aspects not as strong (2025) |
| Glodwick Infant and Nursery SchoolOL4 1AJ | Primary | Glodwick | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Greenacres Primary AcademyOL4 2AX | Primary | Spring Hill | Report card Sept 2026: Exceptional in 1, strong standard in 6 |
| Greenfield Primary SchoolOL3 7AA | Primary | Greenfield | Good in every area (2024) |
| Greenfield St Mary's CofE SchoolOL3 7DW | Primary | Greenfield | Good (2024) |
| Greenhill AcademyOL4 1RR | Primary | Primrose Bank | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Halcyon Way SchoolOL9 9RH | Special | Thatch Leach | Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2025) |
| Hey-with-Zion Primary SchoolOL4 3LQ | Primary | Hey | School remains Good (2023) |
| Higher Failsworth Primary SchoolM35 9EA | Primary | Hollinwood | Good (2024) |
| Hodge Clough Primary SchoolOL1 4JX | Primary | Sholver | School remains Good (with concerns) (2024) |
| Hollinwood AcademyOL8 3PT | Special | Hollinwood | School remains Outstanding (2024) |
| Holy Cross Ceva Primary SchoolOL1 3EZ | Primary | Higginshaw | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Holy Family RC Primary SchoolOL8 3NG | Primary | Limeside | Report card May 2026: Expected standard in every area |
| Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOL8 2SR | Primary | Hathershaw | Good (2023) |
| Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary SchoolOL3 5BP | Primary | Dobcross | School remains Good (2023) |
| Horton Mill Community Primary SchoolOL4 1GL | Primary | Mumps | Good in 2, requires improvement in 2 (2025) |
| Kingfisher Special SchoolOL9 9QR | Special | Thatch Leach | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Knowsley Junior SchoolOL4 4BH | Primary | Austerlands | Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in 5, needs attention in 1 |
| Laurus RyecroftM43 7LJ | Secondary | Woodhouses | Outstanding (2023) |
| Limehurst Community Primary SchoolOL8 3JQ | Primary | Limeside | School remains Good (2024) |
| Littlemoor Primary SchoolOL4 2RR | Primary | Spring Hill | Requires improvement (2024) |
| Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery SchoolOL8 4JD | Primary | Copster Hill | Good in every area (2025) |
| Mather Street Primary SchoolM35 0DT | Primary | Failsworth | Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 2, expected standard in 4, needs attention in 1 |
| Mayfield Primary SchoolOL1 4LG | Primary | Derker | Requires improvement (2024) |
| Medlock Valley Primary SchoolOL8 2PN | Primary | Hathershaw | Good (2024) |
| Mills Hill Primary SchoolOL9 0NH | Primary | Chadderton Park | Report card May 2026: Expected standard in every area |
| New Bridge SchoolOL8 3PH | Special | Lime Gate | Standards maintained (2025) |
| North Chadderton SchoolOL9 0BN | Secondary | Chadderton Fold | Good in every area (2024) |
| Northmoor AcademyOL9 6AQ | Primary | Coldhurst | Good in every area (2024) |
| Oasis Academy ClarksfieldOL4 1NG | Primary | Moorhey | Good (2023) |
| Oasis Academy LeesbrookOL4 5JE | Secondary | Lees | Good (2023) |
| Oasis Academy LimesideOL8 3SB | Primary | Limeside | Requires improvement (2024) |
| Oasis Academy OldhamOL8 4JZ | Secondary | Hollins | Good (2024) |
| Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolM35 0ND | Primary | Failsworth | Outstanding in every area (2024) |
| Richmond AcademyOL9 6HY | Primary | Oldham | School remains Good (2023) |
| Roundthorn Primary AcademyOL4 5LN | Primary | Glodwick | Good (2024) |
| Royton Hall Primary SchoolOL2 6RW | Primary | Luzley Brook | Good in every area (2025) |
| Rushcroft Primary SchoolOL2 7YL | Primary | Wood End | School remains Good (2023) |
| Saddleworth SchoolOL3 5NU | Secondary | Diggle | Requires improvement (2024) |
| Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyOL9 9QY | Secondary | Thatch Leach | Requires improvement (2023) |
| South Failsworth Community Primary SchoolM35 0NY | Primary | Failsworth | Good (2024) |
| Spring Brook AcademyM35 0DQ | Special | Failsworth | Good (2023) |
| Springhead Infant and Nursery SchoolOL4 4QT | Primary | Springhead | Report card Mar 2026: Strong standard in 6, expected standard in 1 |
| Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOL2 5PQ | Primary | Royton | Standards maintained (2025) |
| St Agnes CofE Primary SchoolOL4 5RU | Primary | Springhead | Standards maintained (2025) |
| St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolOL2 5DH | Primary | Royton | Good in 2, requires improvement in 2 (2025) |
| St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary SchoolOL4 4DS | Primary | Lydgate (OL4) | Standards maintained (2025) |
| St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOL4 1HP | Primary | Moorhey | Requires improvement (2024) |
| St Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolOL3 6EE | Primary | Uppermill | Standards maintained (2025) |
| St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary AcademyOL4 3LQ | Primary | Hey | Not inspected since it opened in 2023 |
| St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolM24 2BE | Primary | Middleton Junction | School remains Good (2024) |
| St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOL9 9SN | Primary | Stock Brook | Improved significantly (2025) |
| St Hilda's CofE Primary SchoolOL1 2HJ | Primary | Coldhurst | Good (2024) |
| St Hugh's CofE Primary SchoolOL4 5NZ | Primary | Holts | Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in 1, needs attention in 6 |
| St John's Church of England Primary SchoolM35 9PY | Primary | Failsworth | Good (2023) |
| St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary AcademyOL2 8SZ | Primary | Shaw Side | Standards maintained (2025) |
| St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolOL9 9HT | Primary | Stock Brook | Good (2024) |
| St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolOL8 4QS | Primary | Hollinwood | Good (2023) |
| St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolOL8 2PY | Primary | Hathershaw | Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2024) |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School High CromptonOL2 7PP | Primary | High Crompton | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyM35 0NW | Primary | Failsworth | School remains Good (improving) (2024) |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolOL9 0BN | Primary | Chadderton Fold | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOL8 1EF | Primary | Werneth | Requires improvement (2023) |
| St Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOL1 4NA | Primary | Derker | Good (2024) |
| St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolOL8 1SE | Primary | Werneth | Good (2020) |
| St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary SchoolOL1 4RL | Primary | Moorside | Good (2024) |
| St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary SchoolOL4 5AT | Primary | Lees | School remains Good (2023) |
| St. Paul's CofE Primary SchoolOL2 5LU | Primary | Royley | Good (2019) |
| Stanley Road Primary SchoolOL9 7HX | Primary | Butler Green | Good (2024) |
| The Blue Coat CofE SchoolOL1 3SQ | Secondary | Mumps | Outstanding (2023) |
| The Brian Clarke Church of England AcademyOL9 6BP | Secondary | Oldham | Outstanding in 3, good in 1 (2025) |
| The Crompton House Church of England AcademyOL2 7HS | Secondary | High Crompton | School remains Good (2024) |
| The Grove PartnershipOL1 4HX | Alternative provision | Watersheddings | Standards maintained (2025) |
| The Hathershaw CollegeOL8 3EP | Secondary | Hathershaw | Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in 3, needs attention in 3 |
| The Radclyffe SchoolOL9 0LS | Secondary | Stock Brook | Good (2024) |
| The Springboard ProjectOL1 1AN | Special | Oldham | Good (2024) |
| Thornham St. James CofE Primary SchoolOL2 6XT | Primary | Thornham | School remains Good (with concerns) (2023) |
| Thorp Primary SchoolOL2 5TY | Primary | Oozewood | Good (2023) |
| Werneth Primary SchoolOL8 4BL | Primary | Coppice | Good (2023) |
| Whitegate End Primary and Nursery SchoolOL9 8EB | Primary | White Gate | Good in every area (2025) |
| Willowpark Primary AcademyOL1 4LJ | Primary | Derker | School remains Good (2024) |
| Woodhouses Voluntary Primary SchoolM35 9WL | Primary | Woodhouses | Report card Jan 2026: Expected standard in every area |
| Woodlands Primary AcademyOL1 4HU | Primary | Watersheddings | Good in 3, requires improvement in 1 (2025) |
| Yew Tree Community SchoolOL9 8LD | Primary | White Gate | Good in 3, requires improvement in 1 (2024) |
How the new report cards work
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 13 Oldham report cards so far, the grades given were: expected standard 53 times, strong standard 20 times, needs attention 15 times, exceptional 1 times.
Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.
Where the figures come from
Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at OL and M postcodes and show here the ones in Oldham. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.
Schools in every area
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Questions people ask
How many schools in Oldham are rated good or better?
82% of the 110 state schools and nurseries in Oldham were judged good or better at their last Ofsted inspection.
What are Ofsted report cards?
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, instead of giving one overall word.
How many schools are there in Oldham?
There are 110 state-funded schools and nurseries in Oldham: 87 primary, 16 secondary, 6 special, 1 alternative provision.