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Children in Oldham
How children here are doing, from the 2-year check to the end of primary school, set against England as a whole.
Health and early years
At a glance
| Measure | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|
| On track in all five areas at the 2 to 2½ year review 2024/25 lower | 75.8% | 81.4% |
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 lower | 63.1% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 lower | 76.9% | 79.8% |
| Reception children living with obesity 2024/25 similar | 10.2% | 10.5% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 higher | 25.0% | 22.2% |
| MMR first dose by age 2 2024/25 similar | 88.7% | 88.9% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 similar | 84.3% | 83.7% |
| 5-year-olds with visible tooth decay 2023/24 higher | 36.3% | 22.4% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 higher | 14.9% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 higher | 38.2% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.
End of primary school
Year 6 reading, writing and maths
| Year | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 63% | 65% |
| 2021/22 | 52% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | 55% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 63% |
| 2025/26 | 60% | 63% |
Share of pupils in state-funded schools meeting the expected standard in all three. 2025/26 figures are provisional. There were no tests in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Schools
Primary schools in Oldham
86 schools
- Alexandra Park Junior School Oldham
- Alt Academy Oldham
- Bare Trees Primary School Oldham
- Beal Vale Primary School Oldham
- Beever Primary School Oldham
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School Oldham
- Broadfield Primary School Oldham
- Buckstones Primary School Oldham
- Burnley Brow Community School Oldham
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Oldham
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Oldham
- Coppice Primary Academy Oldham
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School Oldham
- Crompton Primary School Oldham
- Delph Primary School Oldham
- Diggle School Oldham
- East Crompton St George's CofE School Oldham
- East Crompton St James CofE Primary School Oldham
- Fir Bank Primary School Oldham
- Freehold Community Academy Oldham
- Friezland Primary School Oldham
- Glodwick Infant and Nursery School Greater Manchester
- Greenacres Primary Academy Oldham
- Greenfield Primary School Oldham
- Greenfield St Mary's CofE School Oldham
- Greenhill Academy Oldham
- Hey-with-Zion Primary School Oldham
- Higher Failsworth Primary School Oldham
- Hodge Clough Primary School Oldham
- Holy Cross Ceva Primary School Oldham
- Holy Family RC Primary School Oldham
- Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham
- Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School Oldham
- Horton Mill Community Primary School Oldham
- Knowsley Junior School Oldham
- Limehurst Community Primary School Oldham
- Littlemoor Primary School Oldham
- Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School Oldham
- Mather Street Primary School Manchester
- Mayfield Primary School Oldham
- Medlock Valley Primary School Oldham
- Mills Hill Primary School Oldham
- Northmoor Academy Oldham
- Oasis Academy Clarksfield Oldham
- Oasis Academy Limeside Oldham
- Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School Manchester
- Richmond Academy Oldham
- Roundthorn Primary Academy Oldham
- Royton Hall Primary School Oldham
- Rushcroft Primary School Oldham
- South Failsworth Community Primary School Manchester
- Springhead Infant and Nursery School Oldham
- Ss Aidan and Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School Oldham
- St Agnes CofE Primary School Oldham
- St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School Oldham
- St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School Oldham
- St Anne's RC Primary School Oldham
- St Chad's Church of England Primary School Oldham
- St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy Oldham
- St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham
- St Hilda's CofE Primary School Oldham
- St Hugh's CofE Primary School Oldham
- St John's Church of England Primary School Manchester
- St Joseph's RC Junior Infant and Nursery School Oldham
- St Luke's CofE Primary School Oldham
- St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School Oldham
- St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School Oldham
- St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton Oldham
- St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School Oldham
- St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Oldham
- St Thomas CofE Primary School Oldham
- St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School Oldham
- St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School Oldham
- St. Paul's CofE Primary School Oldham
- St. Theresa's RC Primary School Oldham
- Stanley Road Primary School Oldham
- Thornham St. James CofE Primary School Oldham
- Thorp Primary School Oldham
- Werneth Primary School Oldham
- Westwood Academy Oldham
- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School Oldham
- Willowpark Primary Academy Oldham
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School Manchester
- Woodlands Primary Academy Oldham
- Yew Tree Community School Oldham