Holy Family RC Primary School
Lime Green Road, Limehurst Village, Oldham, OL8 3NG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Tunnicliffe
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 225
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 149454
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617702400
About this school
Holy Family RC Primary School is a Roman Catholic primary academy in Oldham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 206 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Holy Family RC Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 29 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 48% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 69% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 62% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 66% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.70 | - | - |
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 Holy Family RC 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 | 53% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 55.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 209 |
| 2023/24 | 209 |
| 2024/25 | 201 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Holy Family RC Primary School compares
Holy Family RC Primary School ranked 31st of 71 primary schools in Oldham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 6% | 55% | 206 | — |
| Limehurst Community Primary School | 70% | 6.1% | 52.7% | 323 | 0.1 miles |
| Oasis Academy Limeside | 36% | 6.5% | 62.3% | 452 | 0.3 miles |
| Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School | 67% | 4% | 21.6% | 133 | 0.7 miles |
| Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School | 43% | 5.1% | 28.9% | 460 | 0.7 miles |
| St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School | 65% | 5.6% | 51.6% | 333 | 0.8 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
-
Graded inspection report17 March 2026
- 8 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55%
- English as an additional language
- 20.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.97%
- Persistent absence
- 16.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Limehurst Community Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Oasis Academy Limeside0.3 miles
Primary · Oldham
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Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
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St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Oldham
Other schools in Oldham
Holy Family RC Primary School ranks 29th 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 ages does Holy Family RC Primary School teach?
- Holy Family RC Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldham.
- Who is the headteacher of Holy Family RC Primary School?
- The headteacher of Holy Family RC Primary School is Mrs Alison Tunnicliffe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Holy Family RC Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Holy Family RC 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 many pupils are at Holy Family RC Primary School?
- Holy Family RC Primary School has 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Holy Family RC Primary School full?
- Holy Family RC Primary School has capacity for 225 pupils and 206 on roll (92%), 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 Holy Family RC Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Holy Family RC Primary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Salford.
- Does Holy Family RC Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Holy Family RC Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Holy Family RC Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Holy Family RC Primary School is part of EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Holy Family RC Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Holy Family RC Primary School compare with other schools in Oldham?
- Holy Family RC Primary School ranked 31st of 71 primary schools in Oldham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Holy Family RC Primary School's absence rate?
- Holy Family RC Primary School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Holy Family RC Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Holy Family RC 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 10 July 2026.