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St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 209 pupils Oldham
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St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School is an academy converter in Oldham for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 209 pupils on roll. In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Pupils turn up more reliably than at almost any other primary school: they missed just 2.9% of sessions in 2024/25, against 5.2% nationally. It is hard to get into: 13 of the 41 families who put it first for a Reception place in September 2026 did not get one.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Cedar Lane
Grasscroft
Oldham
Lancashire
OL4 4DS
Phone 01617707300
Reference Number 144000

General Makeup

Number of pupils 209
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.2%
Girls: 48.8%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 4.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 16 30
2 13 17 30
3 17 13 30
4 14 16 30
5 18 11 29
6 13 17 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.8%
Pakistani 1%
Asian, Other 1%
White, Other 0.5%
White & Asian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 17 Jun 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
17 Jun 2025 School inspection
26 Feb 2020 School inspection
06 Apr 2017 Academy conversion letter
13 May 2015 Full inspection:
Previously as St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School
11 Sep 2013 Monitoring visit
22 May 2013 Full inspection:
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
08 Jun 2009 Full inspection:
08 Oct 2007 Curriculum and development visit
20 Mar 2006 Full inspection:
26 Jan 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 87%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 110
Maths 109

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.3
Writing -1.3
Maths 1

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 40 0
Third Preference 19 0
From another Local Authority 7 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School had 208 pupils for 210 places. 2 places (1.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Lees & Saddleworth Primary” planning area

Oldham counted 379 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 367 in 2029–30, down 3%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210
Pupils 208210206208207208209208
Unfilled 1.0%0.0%1.9%1.0%1.4%1.0%0.5%1.0%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School attended 97.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 1.9%2.0%2.2%3.9%2.5%2.5%1.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.8%0.7%0.3%0.7%0.9%1.0%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.50.01.41.40.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 00000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.712.212.412.315.09.210.711.313.1
Teachers who left state teaching 20.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%16.7%0.0%6.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 55.6%62.5%–16.7%70.0%33.3%40.0%36.4%–
Sick days per teacher 0.95.0–0.28.82.20.610.1–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.5% of pupils at St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Specific learning difficulty 8 0
No specialist assessment of need 6 0
Social, emotional and mental health 5 1
Speech, language and communication needs 2 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 0
Down's syndrome 0 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School received £7,326 and spent £7,674 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £18,000 (£89 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Forward As One Church of England Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,286 and spending £7,417 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £155,000£18,000£103,000£34,000£21,000£18,000
per pupil £756£88£497£165£102£89
In-year balance -£40,000-£248,000-£55,000-£52,000-£32,000-£72,000
per pupil -£195-£1,199-£264-£253-£154-£348

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Friezland Primary School
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0.62 miles
Knowsley Junior School
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0.78 miles
Springhead Infant and Nursery School
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Greenfield Primary School
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1.28 miles
St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy
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1.33 miles
Hey-with-Zion Primary School
Rowland Way, Lees, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 3LQ
1.36 miles
St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School
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1.41 miles
Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School
Delph New Road, Dobcross, Oldham, Lancashire, OL3 5BP
1.43 miles
St Joseph's RC Primary School
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1.52 miles
St George's CofE Primary School
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1.58 miles
Greenfield St Mary's CofE School
Manchester Road, Greenfield, Oldham, Lancashire, OL3 7DW
1.65 miles
Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School
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1.65 miles
St Hugh's CofE Primary School
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1.69 miles
Livingstone Primary School
Valeside, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 0AP
1.73 miles
Oasis Academy Clarksfield
Grasmere Road, Clarksfield, Oldham, OL4 1NG
1.91 miles
Alt Academy
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1.91 miles
St Chad's Church of England Primary School
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1.93 miles
Roundthorn Primary Academy
Roundthorn Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 5LN
1.93 miles
Name Distance
Bright Futures School
Friezland Lane, Greenfield, Oldham, Oldham NOT BOLTON, Lancashire, OL3 7EU
1.38 miles
Mossley Hollins High School
Huddersfield Road, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 9DP
1.41 miles
Co-op Academy Strinesdale
Huddersfield Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 3NY
1.51 miles
Minds Education
Old School Stamford House, Stamford Road, Mossley, OL5 0BA
1.57 miles
Saddleworth School
Huddersfield Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5NU
1.72 miles
Oasis Academy Leesbrook
Roxbury Avenue, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 5JE
1.79 miles
Sapience Girls Academy
319 Waterloo Street, Glodwick, Oldham, OL4 1ER
2.39 miles
St Damian's RC Science College
Lees Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 8BH
2.54 miles
Westwood Boys School
121 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1TE
2.8 miles
SEE (Oldham)
Argent House, Shaw Road, Oldham, OL1 4AW
2.81 miles
The Blue Coat CofE School
Egerton Street, Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3SQ
2.82 miles
Dixons Ashton Academy
Broadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 8RF
2.92 miles
Samuel Laycock School
Broadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 8RF
2.92 miles
The Springboard Project
2 Medtia Square, Phoenix Street, Oldham, OL1 1AN
3.04 miles
The Hathershaw College
Bellfield Avenue, Hathershaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 3EP
3.17 miles
Oldham Sixth Form College
Union Street West, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 1XU
3.24 miles
E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy
Blackshaw Lane, Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL2 6NT
3.29 miles
The Oldham College
Rochdale Road, Oldham, Lancashire, OL9 6AA
3.3 miles
The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
Bloom Street, Shaw, Oldham, OL9 6BP
3.37 miles
Works 4 U Support Services (Norman Mackie & Associates Ltd)
The Peacock, Ambleside, SK15 1EB
3.42 miles

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St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School is part of Forward As One Church of England Multi Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School have?

St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School has 209 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School cover?

St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School?

St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School is at Cedar Lane, Grasscroft, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 4DS.

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