East Crompton St James CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Oldham·OL2 7TD
Composite score
45.5
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#8,952
National rank
#1282
In North West
#34
In Oldham
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
55
any preference, for 14 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0020230.9420240.9420250.862026

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

Every child who put East Crompton St James CofE 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
184
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
40.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
46.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,479
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About East Crompton St James CofE Primary School

East Crompton St James CofE Primary School is a primary school in Oldham, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 184 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 15.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). East Crompton St James CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 12 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 46.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% 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. East Crompton St James CofE 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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