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Christ Church CofE Primary School

Primary · Oldham · OL9 9ED

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 14 December 2022

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At a glance

273 pupils · 98% of 280 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
26.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
44.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.christchurchchad.co.uk
URN
105707

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 36 families named it first for 37 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 14 December 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

37 places offered · 36 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
Oldham average59.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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 Edmund's Catholic SchoolLondon · 167 miles awayGood69%
Hazel Leys AcademyCorby · 94 miles awayGood64%
City of London Primary Academy, IslingtonLondon · 164 miles awayOutstanding80%
Hadrian Primary SchoolSouth Shields · 105 miles awayGood56%
Intake Primary AcademyDoncaster · 43 miles awayExpected standard81%
Park Junior School, WellingboroughWellingborough · 105 miles awayNo current grade45%
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary SchoolOldbury · 72 miles awayGood71%
Kings Heath Primary AcademyNorthampton · 102 miles awayOutstanding71%
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary SchoolDoncaster · 41 miles awayGood69%
Bignold Primary School and NurseryNorwich · 156 miles awayGood57%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WorcesterWorcester · 92 miles awayGood58%
St Catherine Catholic Primary SchoolWest Drayton · 157 miles awayGood59%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 52% (Oldham 45%, England 60%) · Asian Bangladeshi 15% (Oldham 12%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Oldham 21%, England 5%) · Black African 8% (Oldham 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Oldham 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Oldham 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 1% (Oldham 2%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 1% (Oldham 1%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Oldham 1%, 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)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.9%
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
39
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

14.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 0.5 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 £51,570; 28.6% 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£7,106
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £89,651; in-year balance -£35,822

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health47%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier65.5%62.3%
Social housing15.5%17.1%
Privately rented18.4%20.5%
Detached houses9.9%22.9%
Flats4.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005331 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£180,000386 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£145,000–£232,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (41)£342,500
Semi-detached (122)£220,000
Terraced (197)£155,000
Flat (26)£110,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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