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St Matthew's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 400 pupils Oldham
Ofsted: Good
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St Matthew's CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Oldham for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 400 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Matthew's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023 of its predecessor, St Matthew's CofE Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: February 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Chadderton Hall Road
Chadderton
Oldham
Lancashire
OL9 0BN
Reference Number 151460

General Makeup

Number of pupils 400
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.75%
Girls: 51.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 34 59
2 24 30 54
3 35 22 57
4 26 25 51
5 31 28 59
6 25 35 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 75.5%
Pakistani 3.5%
White & Asian 2%
Mixed, Other 2%
Unclassified 1.8%
Asian, Other 1.8%
White, Other 1.5%
Indian 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.3%
African 1.3%
Chinese 0.3%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Irish 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Matthew's CofE Primary School, inspected in October 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
07 Feb 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 36 0
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 10 7

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Matthew's CofE Primary School had 406 pupils for 420 places. 14 places (3.3%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Chadderton Primary” planning area

Oldham counted 582 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 602 in 2029–30, up 3%.

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 2025–26 St Matthew's CofE Primary School had 25.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 15.0
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 15.0% of pupils at St Matthew's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 18 3
Speech, language and communication needs 16 5
Moderate learning difficulty 7 2
Hearing impairment 7 0
Specific learning difficulty 5 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 2
Other difficulty or disability 3 0
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Vision impairment 1 1

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.

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St Matthew's CofE Primary School is part of Cranmer Education Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

What is St Matthew's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Matthew's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023 of its predecessor, St Matthew's CofE Primary School.

When was St Matthew's CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Matthew's CofE Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

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

St Matthew's CofE Primary School has 400 pupils on roll.

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

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

Where is St Matthew's CofE Primary School?

St Matthew's CofE Primary School is at Chadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire, OL9 0BN.

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