Holy Family RC Primary School
Academy sponsor led in Oldham, Oldham.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy sponsor led |
| Age range | 3 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Religious character | Roman Catholic |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 206 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 225 |
| Free school meals | 49.50% |
| Trust or sponsor | EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Oldham |
| Address | Lime Green Road, Limehurst Village, Oldham, Lancashire, OL8 3NG |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.holyfamily.oldham.sch.uk/ |
| Telephone | 01617702400 |
| URN | 149454 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 17 March 2026, published 18 May 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 8 February 2022, published 3 April 2022:
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
This graded inspection was of the predecessor school (Holy Family RC Primary School, URN 105724).
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- Limehurst Community Primary School (primary school, about 0.1 km)
- Oasis Academy Limeside (primary school, about 0.5 km)
- Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School (primary school, about 1.3 km)
- Higher Failsworth Primary School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- St John's Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 1.7 km)
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