Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School
Butterworth Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 8EB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Rob Hollingsworth
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 208
- URN
- 105658
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617705460
About this school
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School is a community primary school in Oldham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 208 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 37% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 60% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 33% | 47% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 40% | 43% | 46% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Oldham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 55.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 209 |
| 2023/24 | 212 |
| 2024/25 | 205 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School compares
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School ranked 69th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39% | 4.8% | 23.4% | 208 | — |
| New Moston Primary School | 45% | 6.8% | 42.3% | 487 | 0.4 miles |
| St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 334 | 0.5 miles |
| Yew Tree Community School | 60% | 6.4% | 42.2% | 619 | 0.5 miles |
| Higher Failsworth Primary School | 40% | 5.2% | 32.5% | 396 | 0.8 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston | 31% | 4% | 55.3% | 235 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.41%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.77%
- Persistent absence
- 7.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
New Moston Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Yew Tree Community School0.5 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Higher Failsworth Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston0.9 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Oldham
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School ranks 64th of the 66 ranked primary schools in Oldham.
- Alexandra Park Junior School Primary
- Alt Academy Primary
- Bare Trees Primary School Primary
- Beal Vale Primary School Primary
- Beever Primary School Primary
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Broadfield Primary School Primary
- Buckstones Primary School Primary
- Burnley Brow Community School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Coppice Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldham.
- Who is the headteacher of Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School is Mr Rob Hollingsworth, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School?
- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School has 208 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School full?
- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School has capacity for 210 pupils and 208 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- How have Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School rank locally?
- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School ranked 69th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.