Primary school in Oldham
St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy
Oldham Road, Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire, OL2 8SZ
Ofsted
Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 5 March 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Places
- 210
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Oldham 005A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 24%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 18%
- Households owning their home
- 70%
- Households in social housing
- 6%
- Households with no car
- 23%
- Adults economically inactive
- 35%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Garry Needle
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Crompton
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- URN
- 152017
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2021 | 50% | 0.4 mi |
| Crompton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 79% | 0.5 mi |
| Farrowdale House SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.5 mi |
| Royton Hall Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 63% | 0.7 mi |
| Beal Vale Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 66% | 0.8 mi |
| East Crompton St James CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 52% | 0.8 mi |
| Hodge Clough Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 55% | 1 mi |
| St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 37% | 1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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