Community school · Primary
Oldham · M35 9EA · Oldham
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 146670
St John's Church of England Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Manchester · M35 9PY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
255
Local authority
Oldham
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 3–11, in Manchester, Oldham, 255 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 36.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Manchester.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 146670
Location
- Address
- St Johns C of E Primary School, James Street, Failsworth
- Postcode
- M35 9PY
- Town
- Manchester
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Oldham
- District
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 255
- Boys / girls
- 120 / 135
- School capacity
- 306
- Capacity fill
- 255 / 306 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 36.9%
- FSM pupils
- 93
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
- Governance
- Academy trust: FORWARD AS ONE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- FORWARD AS ONE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Forward As One Church of England Multi Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Louise Bonter
- Telephone
- 01616948096
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-04-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 48%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0