Holy Family RC Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Oldham · OL8 3NG · Oldham
Ages 3–11
- KS253%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM49.5%
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 137479
Oasis Academy Limeside
Academy converter · Oldham · OL8 3SB
Ages 2–11 · 452 pupils · Oldham
Ofsted
Requires improvement
KS2 expected (RWM)
38%
Overall absence
6.9%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-03-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)38%
Higher standard (RWM)2%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 98.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.8%
Unauthorised3.3%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 369
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill98%
452 pupils · 459 places
- Pupils on roll
- 452
- Boys / girls
- 249 / 203
- School capacity
- 459
- Capacity fill
- 452 / 459 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 71%
- FSM pupils
- 286
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
- Academy trust
- OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
- Sponsor
- Oasis Community Learning
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lauren Norris
Location
- Address
- Third Avenue, Limeside
- Postcode
- OL8 3SB
- Town
- Oldham
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Local authority
- Oldham
- District
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in Oldham, Oldham, 452 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 71%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Limehurst Community Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Oldham · OL8 3JQ · Oldham
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence7.4%
- FSM50.7%
0.3 miles away
Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Oldham · OL8 4JD · Oldham
Ages 3–11
- KS239%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM27.8%
0.5 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Oldham · OL8 4QS · Oldham
Ages 3–11
- KS252%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM44.4%
0.5 miles away
Higher Failsworth Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Oldham · M35 9EA · Oldham
Ages 3–11
- KS249%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM30.8%
0.8 miles away
Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Oldham · OL9 7HA · Oldham
Ages 3–11
0.9 miles away
Stanley Road Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Oldham · OL9 7HX · Oldham
Ages 3–11
- KS254%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM35.6%
0.9 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Oldham · OL8 2SR · Oldham
Ages 3–11
- FSM47.9%
0.9 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lauren Norris
- Telephone
- 01616887535