Horton Mill Community Primary School
Southlink, Glodwick, Oldham, OL4 1GL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zaira Cook
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 253
- Pupils on roll
- 238
- URN
- 105679
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Telephone
- 01617707200
About this school
Horton Mill Community Primary School is a community primary school in Oldham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 238 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 31 | 32 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 38% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 47% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 50% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 59% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 Horton Mill Community Primary 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 | 35% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 55.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 246 |
| 2023/24 | 245 |
| 2024/25 | 239 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Horton Mill Community Primary School compares
Horton Mill Community Primary School ranked 59th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 5.2% | 33.7% | 238 | — |
| Greenhill Academy | 48% | 7.8% | 34.8% | 524 | 0.3 miles |
| Glodwick Infant and Nursery School | — | 6.6% | 25.9% | 365 | 0.4 miles |
| St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.5 miles |
| Beever Primary School | 54% | 6.5% | 64.6% | 221 | 0.5 miles |
| Greenacres Primary Academy | 57% | 5.2% | 29.6% | 254 | 0.5 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.65%
- English as an additional language
- 81.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.24%
- Persistent absence
- 13.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Greenhill Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Glodwick Infant and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Greater Manchester
-
St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Beever Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Greenacres Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Oldham
Other schools in Oldham
Horton Mill Community Primary School ranks 55th 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 Horton Mill Community Primary School teach?
- Horton Mill Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldham.
- Who is the headteacher of Horton Mill Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Horton Mill Community Primary School is Mrs Zaira Cook, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Horton Mill Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Horton Mill Community Primary 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 Horton Mill Community Primary School?
- Horton Mill Community Primary School has 238 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Horton Mill Community Primary School full?
- Horton Mill Community Primary School has capacity for 253 pupils and 238 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Horton Mill Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Horton Mill Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Horton Mill Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Horton Mill Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Horton Mill Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Horton Mill Community Primary School rank locally?
- Horton Mill Community Primary School ranked 59th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Horton Mill Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Horton Mill Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Horton Mill Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Horton Mill Community Primary 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.