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Beever Primary School

Primary · Oldham · OL1 3QU

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 16 June 2026 · report published 9 September 2026

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At a glance

221 pupils · 91% of 244 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
68.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
44.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.beever.oldham.sch.uk
URN
105627

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 0.84 first choices per place. We hold 5 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 16 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.84 first-choice applications per place

25 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
Oldham average59.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Michael's Catholic Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 100 miles awayExpected standard73%
St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 169 miles awayGood71%
St Vincents Catholic Primary School, NewcastleNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 100 miles awayGood77%
St Lawrence's Catholic Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 101 miles awayGood77%
Harrington Hill Primary SchoolLondon · 162 miles awayGood66%
South Street Community Primary SchoolGateshead · 99 miles awayGood76%
Mandeville Primary SchoolLondon · 163 miles awayOutstanding78%
Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources BaseBirmingham · 76 miles awayGood32%
All Saints Primary SchoolManchester · 7 miles awayGood41%
St Maria Goretti Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 37 miles awayExpected standard73%
Kenton Bar Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 102 miles awayGood57%
St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, SpaldingSpalding · 97 miles awayGood39%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 38% (Oldham 45%, England 60%) · Black African 13% (Oldham 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 11% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 11% (Oldham 12%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Oldham 21%, England 5%) · Any other White background 6% (Oldham 2%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Oldham 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Oldham 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Oldham 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Oldham 0%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Oldham: 0.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,561; 37.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,154
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,302; in-year balance -£32,843

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher17.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications32.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work12.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways35.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier22.5%62.3%
Social housing60.8%17.1%
Privately rented16.3%20.5%
Detached houses6.4%22.9%
Flats28.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7%21.1%
Households with no car or van52%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005432 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£145,000144 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£117,500–£180,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (55)£174,000
Terraced (74)£134,000
Flat (11)£80,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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