Thornham St. James CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Oldham, OL2 6XT
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Fir Bank Primary School
Grasmere Road, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6SJ
Local ranking27th of 75 primary schools in Oldham
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 18 May 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 73.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 235
- Boys
- 125 (53%)
- Girls
- 113 (47%)
- Capacity
- 210 (113% full)
- SEND
- 11.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.2%
- EAL
- 6.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 9.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,987/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 4.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.5%
- White Other: 2.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
86.4%
White British
3.5%
Asian Bangladeshi
2.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Grasmere Road
Oldham, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 146813
- UKPRN
- 10082380
- Establishment No.
- 2069
- Trust
- THE OAK TRUST
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