St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Oldham·OL2 7PP
Composite score
69.9
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#1,787
National rank
#219
In North West
#4
In Oldham
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
74%
39 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.34
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
97
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
19%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.34
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4720221.0020230.9320241.0020251.342026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton yet. Oldham does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
211
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
44.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,029
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton at a glance

Located in Oldham, St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 211 pupils aged 4 to 11. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 39 first choices for 29 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 44.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton 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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