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St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11AcademyChurch of England

Uppermill, OL4 4DS · Oldham local authority

Uppermill’s School Grade B better than 62% of towns in England

Its letter
96%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
28/41
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
209 pupils
100% of its 210 places
Free school meals
4%
4 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School

  • Its own letter, A+: Key Stage 2 results better than 96% of England’s primary schools
  • 84% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 22 points above England’s schools
  • 4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, June 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • 68% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (28 of 41)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (OL4 4) sold for a median £285,000; Uppermill’s is £345,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 84%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 96% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Oldham avg 59%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary 84%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 110, maths 109 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading94%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)87%
England’s schools 73%
Maths94%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling94%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three10%
England’s schools 8% · Oldham 4% · 2025

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.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School?

68% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

41
families put it first for September 2026
28
places offered
68%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (1), 2020 (5), 2021 (8), 2022 (4), 2023 (6), 2024 (7), 2025 (11), 2026 (13). 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. Forward As One Church of England Multi Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Oldham council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Uppermill, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary
1.46 per place
68% got their first choice
1.03 per place
95% got their first choice
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice
0.87 per place
100% got their first choice
0.83 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice

Uppermill and Oldham, side by side

2023–2025

All 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. Uppermill’s schools are coloured by their letter.

35%45%55%65%75%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →DiggleFriezlandGreenfieldGreenfield St Mary's CofESt Anne's CofE Lydgate
ABCDElsewhere in OldhamSt Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolA+27%85%
St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary SchoolA+4%84%
Diggle SchoolA7%82%
St Mary's CofE Primary School High CromptonA6%81%
St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyA17%80%
Buckstones Primary SchoolA10%79%
Rushcroft Primary SchoolA35%78%
St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolA53%77%
Westwood AcademyA−46%75%
Thornham St. James CofE Primary SchoolA−17%73%
St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyA−26%73%
Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary SchoolA−4%73%
Limehurst Community Primary SchoolA−51%71%
Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolA−34%71%
St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary SchoolA−33%71%
Delph Primary SchoolB+12%70%
St Agnes CofE Primary SchoolB+52%70%
Burnley Brow Community SchoolB+35%69%
Knowsley Junior SchoolB+32%68%
Fir Bank Primary SchoolB+14%68%
Roundthorn Primary AcademyB33%66%
Woodhouses Voluntary Primary SchoolB21%65%
St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary AcademyB21%65%
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolB16%65%
Crompton Primary SchoolB−22%64%
Hey-with-Zion Primary SchoolB−22%64%
Willowpark Primary AcademyB−58%63%
Beal Vale Primary SchoolB−34%63%
Greenfield St Mary's CofE SchoolB−4%62%
Greenfield Primary SchoolB−12%61%
Royton Hall Primary SchoolB−27%61%
St Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolB−6%61%
Greenacres Primary AcademyB−28%61%
Friezland Primary SchoolC+8%60%
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolC+17%60%
Stanley Road Primary SchoolC+36%59%
Yew Tree Community SchoolC+40%59%
Werneth Primary SchoolC+39%59%
South Failsworth Community Primary SchoolC+19%58%
Holy Cross Ceva Primary SchoolC+57%58%
St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolC44%57%
East Crompton St James CofE Primary SchoolC40%57%
Richmond AcademyC43%57%
Freehold Community AcademyC35%56%
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolC37%55%
Broadfield Primary SchoolC46%55%
St. Paul's CofE Primary SchoolC29%54%
Mills Hill Primary SchoolC−18%53%
St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolC−29%53%
Hodge Clough Primary SchoolC−27%53%
Thorp Primary SchoolC−25%53%
St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyC−49%53%
Medlock Valley Primary SchoolC−63%52%
St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolC−46%52%
Coppice Primary AcademyC−29%51%
Mather Street Primary SchoolC−58%50%
St Hilda's CofE Primary SchoolC−47%49%
Greenhill AcademyC−34%49%
Higher Failsworth Primary SchoolC−31%48%
Littlemoor Primary SchoolC−54%48%
East Crompton St George's CofE SchoolD30%47%
Northmoor AcademyD49%47%
Oasis Academy ClarksfieldD54%47%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolD35%45%
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary SchoolD48%43%
Woodlands Primary AcademyD53%43%
Beever Primary SchoolD69%42%
Bare Trees Primary SchoolD34%42%
Oasis Academy LimesideD71%42%
Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery SchoolD28%42%
Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyD48%41%
Horton Mill Community Primary SchoolD31%40%
Mayfield Primary SchoolD48%40%
St Hugh's CofE Primary SchoolD58%40%
Alt AcademyD57%39%
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery SchoolD−28%36%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

208 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.

SEN support
8.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths A+Better than 96% of 15,230 schools
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.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

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

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, June 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in OL4 4, the school’s postcode sector

Uppermill property prices →
£285,000
median sale, 318 sales in 36 months · Uppermill £345,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025OL4 4Uppermill
OL4 4Uppermill

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£466K
Semi-detached
£260K
Terraced
£185K
Flat
£213K
OL4 4Uppermill

Homes in OL4 4 sell for well under Uppermill’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

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+B−B+B+A−A−B−DBBC−B−A−A+St Anne's CofE Lydgate Prim…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Uppermill, OL4 4DS

St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School: common questions

Is St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School a good school?

By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 96% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A+), with 84% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, June 2025.

How hard is it to get into St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School?

For September 2026, 41 families put St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School first and 28 of them were offered a place; 28 places were offered in all.

What is St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (June 2025).

How much do houses cost near St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, OL4 4, sold for a median £285,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (318 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; Uppermill’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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