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St. Paul's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 231 pupils Oldham
Ofsted: Good
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St. Paul's CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Oldham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 231 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St. Paul's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2019 of its predecessor, St Paul's CofE Primary School. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 26.9 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: February 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Hindle Drive
Royton
Oldham
Lancashire
OL2 5LU
Reference Number 151472

General Makeup

Number of pupils 231
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 57.58%
Girls: 42.42%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 29%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 12 28
2 14 16 30
3 20 11 31
4 19 13 32
5 21 13 34
6 20 13 33

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 77.9%
African 3.5%
White, Other 3%
Pakistani 3%
White & Black (African) 1.7%
Mixed, Other 1.7%
White & Asian 1.3%
Asian, Other 1.3%
Indian 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Paul's CofE Primary School, inspected in September 2019.

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 19 3
Third Preference 11 1
From another Local Authority 3 1

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St. Paul's CofE Primary School had 219 pupils for 210 places. That is 9 more pupils than the school has room for.

Reception intake in the “Royton & Shaw Primary” planning area

Oldham counted 449 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 462 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. Paul's CofE Primary School had 26.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 13.1
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, 23.4% of pupils at St. Paul's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 10 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 32 7
Social, emotional and mental health 9 7
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 7
Moderate learning difficulty 8 0
Hearing impairment 3 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.

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St. Paul's CofE Primary School is part of Crompton House Church of England Multi Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

What is St. Paul's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St. Paul's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2019 of its predecessor, St Paul's CofE Primary School.

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

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

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

St. Paul's CofE Primary School has 231 pupils on roll.

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

St. Paul's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is St. Paul's CofE Primary School?

St. Paul's CofE Primary School is at Hindle Drive, Royton, Oldham, Lancashire, OL2 5LU.

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