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St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy

Primary · Oldham · OL2 8SZ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 February 2020

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At a glance

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-josephs.oldham.sch.uk/
URN
152017

In figures

Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 0.38 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 11 February 2020, under the framework used before November 2025.

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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.38 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.8%62.3%
Social housing6.4%17.1%
Privately rented22.6%20.5%
Detached houses7.6%22.9%
Flats4.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005355 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£220,000335 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£166,000–£300,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (99)£425,000
Semi-detached (110)£225,000
Terraced (119)£163,000
Flat (7)£130,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.61 km, 2024 entry): 134 sales, median £192,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
14an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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