How many pupils attend Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne?

Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne has 235 pupils on roll.

How do I apply to Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne?

Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Does Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne have a religious character?

Yes — Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne has a religious character of Roman Catholic. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

How are Reception places decided at Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne?

When Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Baptised Catholic Looked After Children — Baptised Catholic Looked After Children, Baptised Catholic previously Looked After Children and Looked After Children adopted from overseas; 2. Baptised Catholic children resident in the parish of Holy Cross and St Helen — Baptised Catholic children resident in the parish of Holy Cross and St Helen, Ashton (which falls within the Tameside Metropolitan Borough); 3. Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission, and 7 further criteria.

What is the largest ethnic background at Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 46.8% of pupils at Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne

How far did offers reach?

0.383miles

was the furthest place offered for 2026-27 (Reception). The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused, so it may not have been a cut-off.

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How places are decided at Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Baptised Catholic Looked After Children — Baptised Catholic Looked After Children, Baptised Catholic previously Looked After Children and Looked After Children adopted from overseas.
2Baptised Catholic children resident in the parish of Holy Cross and St Helen — Baptised Catholic children resident in the parish of Holy Cross and St Helen, Ashton (which falls within the Tameside Metropolitan Borough)
3Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
4Other Baptised Catholic Children.
5Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children.
6Other children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission.
7All remaining applicants — All remaining applicants. Pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan Children with Education Health and Care Plans where Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary school is specifically named in the plan (in accordance with the provisions of the SEN Code of Practice) will be allocated places before the oversubscription criteria are applied. If it is not possible to offer places for all applications within any criterion above, priority will be given to those living closest to the school. Distance will be measured as a straight line from the child’s home address, using the address point assigned by the National Land and Property Gazetteer, to the main gate to the school property. Measurements will be made using the local authority’s school admissions data mapping software, which uses a Geographical Information System based on Ordnance Survey. In the event of distances being the same for 2 or more applications where this distance would be the last place/s to be allocated, the place will be allocated to the pupil that is nearer using walking distance as measured using the local authority’s school admissions data mapping software. In the event of 2 applicants competing for the final place, and both living exactly the same distance, then lots will be drawn to decide.
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Admission arrangements as published by Tameside Council on its own page for this school. The school is its own admission authority (academy or voluntary aided); Tameside hosts the arrangements centrally.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.