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School Atlas lists 86 state primary schools, 14 state secondary schools, 6 special schools, 1 alternative provision school and 2 post-16 schools and colleges in Oldham. It also lists 20 independent schools and 86 nurseries and other early-years settings.
Of the state primary, secondary and all-through schools, 41 have a religious character: 27 Church of England, 12 Roman Catholic, 1 Church of England/Free Church and 1 Church of England/Methodist.
Of the 100 state primary, secondary and all-through schools in Oldham, 47 hold an Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade from their last graded inspection: 3 Outstanding, 41 Good and 3 Requires improvement.
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. Since November 2025 its report cards grade each area separately; 13 of these schools have had one.
Oldham doesn't publish catchment boundaries, so there’s no boundary map to check. Distance usually decides a place.
We also hold last-distance-offered records for 28 schools. That distance is not always a cut-off: at a school with places to spare it is simply the furthest applicant.