Limehurst Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Oldham·OL8 3JQ
Composite score
51.3
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#6,826
National rank
#938
In North West
#24
In Oldham
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
32 first choices, 34 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 34 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.8720231.0020241.0020250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Limehurst Community Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
330
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
52.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
24.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
30.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,132
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Limehurst Community Primary School

Limehurst Community Primary School is a primary school in Oldham, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 330 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Limehurst Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 32 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 30.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Limehurst Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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