Holy Family RC Primary School, Oldham

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades Holy Family RC Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Overall, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have made positive inroads into improving attendance following a slight dip last year."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have constructed a broad and balanced curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have outlined appropriate intentions for what children should learn during their time in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have made positive improvements to the school's systems for identifying pupils' individual needs."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders know their school well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those in the early years, benefit from a well-designed personal development programme."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff routinely carry out effective checks on pupils' learning, responding with support that consistently addresses pupils' errors and misconceptions"; "Leaders should ensure that new handwriting and spelling approaches that they have introduced are embedded effectively so that pupils become more proficient in these areas"; "Leaders should ensure that the interactions with children in the early years are consistently purposeful and high quality, maximising opportunities to consolidate and deepen children's understanding across all areas of learning".

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Holy Family RC Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 74% in Oldham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 69% in reading and 62% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 4 families put Holy Family RC Primary School as their first choice and 25 named it as one of their preferences, for 4 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Holy Family RC Primary School are Limehurst Community Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); Oasis Academy Limeside (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 55% reading, 47% maths); Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 89% reading, 72% maths); and Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School (0.7 miles, Good, 70% reading, 72% maths).

Holy Family RC Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Holy Family RC Primary School is one of 38 schools run by Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

49.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 52 pupils (25.2%) received SEN support and 5 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Hollinwood (Manchester Metrolink), about 1 mile away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lower Lime Road (near), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Holy Family RC Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Holy Family RC Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Holy Family RC Primary School are Oasis Academy Oldham (0.7 miles), The Hathershaw College (0.9 miles) and Co-op Academy Failsworth (1 mile).