Academy sponsor led · Primary
Oldham · OL8 3NG · Oldham
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 105688
Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Manchester · M35 9WL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
133
Local authority
Oldham
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Manchester, Oldham, 133 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 21.1%. Religious character: Church of England/Free Church. Diocese: Diocese of Manchester.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 105688
Location
- Address
- Ashton Road, Woodhouses, Failsworth
- Postcode
- M35 9WL
- Town
- Manchester
- Local authority
- Oldham
- District
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: 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
- 133
- Boys / girls
- 68 / 65
- School capacity
- 140
- Capacity fill
- 133 / 140 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 21.1%
- FSM pupils
- 28
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England/Free Church
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Woodward
- Telephone
- 01616816793
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
Expected standard
Inspection date
2025-11-19
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
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)
- 58%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0