St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School
Oldham, OL1 4RL · Oldham local authority
Oldham’s School Grade C− better than 18% of towns in England
What stands out about St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School
- Its own letter, D: Key Stage 2 results near the bottom of England’s primary schools (better than 8%)
- 43% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 19 points below England’s schools
- Over capacity: 223 pupils for 210 places
- 48% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (12 of 12)
- Homes in its postcode sector (OL1 4) sold for a median £166,000; Oldham’s is £165,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 43%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 8% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Oldham avg 59%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 99, maths 97 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 21 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (2), 2021 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Oldham council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Oldham and Oldham, side by side
2023–2025All 76 graded primaries in Oldham. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Oldham’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | A+ | 27% | 85% |
| St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School | A+ | 4% | 84% |
| Diggle School | A | 7% | 82% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton | A | 6% | 81% |
| St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | A | 17% | 80% |
| Buckstones Primary School | A | 10% | 79% |
| Rushcroft Primary School | A | 35% | 78% |
| St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School | A | 53% | 77% |
| Westwood Academy | A− | 46% | 75% |
| Thornham St. James CofE Primary School | A− | 17% | 73% |
| St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | A− | 26% | 73% |
| Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School | A− | 4% | 73% |
| Limehurst Community Primary School | A− | 51% | 71% |
| Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School | A− | 34% | 71% |
| St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School | A− | 33% | 71% |
| Delph Primary School | B+ | 12% | 70% |
| St Agnes CofE Primary School | B+ | 52% | 70% |
| Burnley Brow Community School | B+ | 35% | 69% |
| Knowsley Junior School | B+ | 32% | 68% |
| Fir Bank Primary School | B+ | 14% | 68% |
| Roundthorn Primary Academy | B | 33% | 66% |
| Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School | B | 21% | 65% |
| St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy | B | 21% | 65% |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | B | 16% | 65% |
| Crompton Primary School | B− | 22% | 64% |
| Hey-with-Zion Primary School | B− | 22% | 64% |
| Willowpark Primary Academy | B− | 58% | 63% |
| Beal Vale Primary School | B− | 34% | 63% |
| Greenfield St Mary's CofE School | B− | 4% | 62% |
| Greenfield Primary School | B− | 12% | 61% |
| Royton Hall Primary School | B− | 27% | 61% |
| St Chad's Church of England Primary School | B− | 6% | 61% |
| Greenacres Primary Academy | B− | 28% | 61% |
| Friezland Primary School | C+ | 8% | 60% |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | C+ | 17% | 60% |
| Stanley Road Primary School | C+ | 36% | 59% |
| Yew Tree Community School | C+ | 40% | 59% |
| Werneth Primary School | C+ | 39% | 59% |
| South Failsworth Community Primary School | C+ | 19% | 58% |
| Holy Cross Ceva Primary School | C+ | 57% | 58% |
| St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School | C | 44% | 57% |
| East Crompton St James CofE Primary School | C | 40% | 57% |
| Richmond Academy | C | 43% | 57% |
| Freehold Community Academy | C | 35% | 56% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | C | 37% | 55% |
| Broadfield Primary School | C | 46% | 55% |
| St. Paul's CofE Primary School | C | 29% | 54% |
| Mills Hill Primary School | C− | 18% | 53% |
| St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School | C− | 29% | 53% |
| Hodge Clough Primary School | C− | 27% | 53% |
| Thorp Primary School | C− | 25% | 53% |
| St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | C− | 49% | 53% |
| Medlock Valley Primary School | C− | 63% | 52% |
| St Thomas CofE Primary School | C− | 46% | 52% |
| Coppice Primary Academy | C− | 29% | 51% |
| Mather Street Primary School | C− | 58% | 50% |
| St Hilda's CofE Primary School | C− | 47% | 49% |
| Greenhill Academy | C− | 34% | 49% |
| Higher Failsworth Primary School | C− | 31% | 48% |
| Littlemoor Primary School | C− | 54% | 48% |
| East Crompton St George's CofE School | D | 30% | 47% |
| Northmoor Academy | D | 49% | 47% |
| Oasis Academy Clarksfield | D | 54% | 47% |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | D | 35% | 45% |
| St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School | D | 48% | 43% |
| Woodlands Primary Academy | D | 53% | 43% |
| Beever Primary School | D | 69% | 42% |
| Bare Trees Primary School | D | 34% | 42% |
| Oasis Academy Limeside | D | 71% | 42% |
| Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School | D | 28% | 42% |
| Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | D | 48% | 41% |
| Horton Mill Community Primary School | D | 31% | 40% |
| Mayfield Primary School | D | 48% | 40% |
| St Hugh's CofE Primary School | D | 58% | 40% |
| Alt Academy | D | 57% | 39% |
| Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School | D− | 28% | 36% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025240 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, June 2024.
Living near St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in OL1 4, the school’s postcode sector
Oldham property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in OL1 4 sell for about the same as Oldham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
16 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Oldham, OL1 4RL
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School: common questions
Is St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 8% of England’s primary schools (its letter is D), with 43% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, June 2024.
How hard is it to get into St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School?
For September 2026, 12 families put St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 13 places were offered in all.
What is St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2024).
How much do houses cost near St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, OL1 4, sold for a median £166,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (262 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Oldham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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