# Limehurst Community Primary School

Limehurst Community Primary School is a primary school in Oldham, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 323 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E105638. [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 323
- Council: Oldham
- URN: 105638

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 13 March 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 70% of pupils at Limehurst Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Oldham and 62% in England.
5% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Oldham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 4% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Holy Family RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-family-rc-primary-school-e149454): 110 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Oasis Academy Limeside](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-limeside-e137479): 540 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2024. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [New Bridge School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-bridge-school-e138697): 870 m. Special. Standards maintained, February 2025
- [Hollinwood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hollinwood-academy-e140388): 940 m. Special. School remains Outstanding, April 2024
- [Oasis Academy Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-oldham-e136027): 1.1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 44.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lyndhurst-primary-and-nursery-school-e142471): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/105638)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105638)

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