School admissions in Oldham

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

72 schools. 19 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Fir Bank Primary SchoolOldham	1.66	29	not published
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery SchoolOldham	1.52	25	0.622 miles 2026
Greenacres Primary AcademyOldham	1.52	29	not published
Westwood AcademyOldham	1.47	30	not published
St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary SchoolOldham	1.46	28	not published
Broadfield Primary SchoolOldham	1.38	42	0.172 miles 2026
St Mary's CofE Primary School High CromptonOldham	1.34	29	not published
Roundthorn Primary AcademyOldham	1.28	29	not published
Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary SchoolOldham	1.27	30	not published
St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary SchoolOldham	1.24	29	not published
Buckstones Primary SchoolOldham	1.23	30	0.387 miles 2026
Greenhill AcademyOldham	1.15	59	not published
Crompton Primary SchoolOldham	1.14	29	0.886 miles 2026
Coppice Primary AcademyOldham	1.10	59	not published
Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery SchoolOldham	1.05	57	not published
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolOldham	1.05	59	not published
Burnley Brow Community SchoolOldham	1.03	60	0.586 miles 2026
Greenfield Primary SchoolOldham	1.03	60	not published
Thorp Primary SchoolOldham	1.03	30	not published
Holy Family RC Primary SchoolOldham	1.00	4	not published
St Agnes CofE Primary SchoolOldham	1.00	15	not published
St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolOldham	1.00	40	not published
St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolOldham	1.00	23	not published
St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOldham	1.00	6	not published
Willowpark Primary AcademyOldham	1.00	23	not published
Woodlands Primary AcademyOldham	1.00	21	not published
Freehold Community AcademyOldham	0.98	53	not published
Holy Cross Ceva Primary SchoolOldham	0.98	52	not published
Hodge Clough Primary SchoolOldham	0.98	46	0.739 miles 2023
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolOldham	0.97	37	not published
Bare Trees Primary SchoolOldham	0.97	66	not published
Oasis Academy ClarksfieldOldham	0.97	59	not published
St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolOldham	0.96	51	not published
Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOldham	0.96	23	not published
Mayfield Primary SchoolOldham	0.96	46	not published
Oasis Academy LimesideOldham	0.95	42	not published
Limehurst Community Primary SchoolOldham	0.94	34	not published
St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolOldham	0.94	34	not published
Horton Mill Community Primary SchoolOldham	0.93	30	0.925 miles 2026
St Hilda's CofE Primary SchoolOldham	0.93	15	not published
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary SchoolOldham	0.92	13	not published
Mills Hill Primary SchoolOldham	0.92	85	not published
Diggle SchoolOldham	0.90	30	not published
St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyOldham	0.90	39	not published
Beal Vale Primary SchoolOldham	0.89	28	not published
Richmond AcademyOldham	0.89	27	not published
Yew Tree Community SchoolOldham	0.88	67	not published
Hey-with-Zion Primary SchoolOldham	0.87	39	not published
Higher Failsworth Primary SchoolOldham	0.87	31	not published
St Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolOldham	0.87	30	not published
Stanley Road Primary SchoolOldham	0.86	58	not published
East Crompton St James CofE Primary SchoolOldham	0.86	14	not published
St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary AcademyOldham	0.86	28	not published
Springhead Infant and Nursery SchoolOldham	0.84	44	not published
Beever Primary SchoolOldham	0.84	25	not published
Northmoor AcademyOldham	0.84	31	not published
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolOldham	0.83	6	not published
Greenfield St Mary's CofE SchoolOldham	0.83	12	not published
Alt AcademyOldham	0.82	45	not published
St. Paul's CofE Primary SchoolOldham	0.82	22	not published
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolOldham	0.81	27	not published
Medlock Valley Primary SchoolOldham	0.77	44	not published
Littlemoor Primary SchoolOldham	0.77	39	not published
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery SchoolOldham	0.76	17	not published
Royton Hall Primary SchoolOldham	0.76	38	not published
Friezland Primary SchoolOldham	0.75	12	not published
Thornham St. James CofE Primary SchoolOldham	0.73	30	not published
Delph Primary SchoolOldham	0.72	29	not published
Werneth Primary SchoolOldham	0.69	48	not published
Rushcroft Primary SchoolOldham	0.68	22	not published
East Crompton St George's CofE SchoolOldham	0.60	5	0.555 miles 2026
St Hugh's CofE Primary SchoolOldham	0.57	14	not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

13 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
The Blue Coat CofE SchoolOldham	2.63	232	not published
The Brian Clarke Church of England AcademyOldham	2.04	224	not published
The Crompton House Church of England AcademyOldham	1.12	296	0.197 miles 2026
North Chadderton SchoolOldham	1.10	262	not published
Saddleworth SchoolOldham	0.91	293	not published
The Hathershaw CollegeOldham	0.83	200	not published
Co-op Academy StrinesdaleOldham	0.73	83	not published
Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyOldham	0.70	265	not published
Oasis Academy OldhamOldham	0.69	248	not published
E-ACT Royton and Crompton AcademyOldham	0.69	221	not published
The Radclyffe SchoolOldham	0.67	292	not published
Oasis Academy LeesbrookOldham	0.62	252	not published
E-ACT the Oldham Academy NorthOldham	0.36	232	not published