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Oasis Academy Limeside
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Third Avenue, Limeside, Oldham OL8 3SB · oasisacademylimeside.org · 0161 688 7535
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 36%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Oldham 58%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Oldham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 452
- 98% of 459 places
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 71%
- First language not English
- 36.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Oldham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 42 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 32 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 32 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 51 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 36% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Oldham it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼36% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Oasis Academy Limeside was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 12 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 12 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 45
- 10% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (27%) with SEND