Bare Trees Primary School
Holly Grove, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0DX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Victoria Oldham
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 700
- Pupils on roll
- 636
- URN
- 135258
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01615034260
About this school
Bare Trees Primary School is a community primary school in Oldham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 636 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 79 | 90 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 43% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 70% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 67% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 74% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 Bare Trees 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 | 38% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 55.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 664 |
| 2023/24 | 664 |
| 2024/25 | 662 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bare Trees Primary School compares
Bare Trees Primary School ranked 61st of 71 primary schools in Oldham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 5.7% | 35.4% | 636 | — |
| Burnley Brow Community School | 68% | 4.7% | 33.3% | 473 | 0.2 miles |
| St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 322 | 0.4 miles |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | 41% | 6.7% | 42.7% | 191 | 0.6 miles |
| Westwood Academy | 73% | 6% | 48.3% | 242 | 0.7 miles |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | — | — | — | 400 | 0.7 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)
- 35.42%
- English as an additional language
- 93.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.66%
- Persistent absence
- 16.94%
Location
Nearby schools
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Burnley Brow Community School0.2 miles
Primary · Oldham
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St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Oldham
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St Luke's CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Westwood Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
St Matthew's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
Other schools in Oldham
Bare Trees Primary School ranks 56th of the 66 ranked primary schools in Oldham.
- Alexandra Park Junior School Primary
- Alt Academy 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
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bare Trees Primary School teach?
- Bare Trees Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldham.
- Who is the headteacher of Bare Trees Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bare Trees Primary School is Miss Victoria Oldham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bare Trees Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bare Trees 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 Bare Trees Primary School?
- Bare Trees Primary School has 636 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bare Trees Primary School full?
- Bare Trees Primary School has capacity for 700 pupils and 636 on roll (91%), 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 Bare Trees Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bare Trees Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bare Trees Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bare Trees Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Bare Trees Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bare Trees Primary School rank locally?
- Bare Trees Primary School ranked 61st of 71 primary schools in Oldham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bare Trees Primary School's absence rate?
- Bare Trees Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bare Trees Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bare Trees 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 1 July 2026.