Thornham St. James CofE Primary School
Primary school · Academy converter · ages 4 to 11 · Mixed
Castleton Road, Thornham, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6XT
- Pupils197
- Ages4 to 11
- Latest Ofsted2 Nov 2023
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Ungraded inspection · 2 Nov 2023
This inspection was of a predecessor school (Thornham St James CofE Primary School), before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.
Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next. An ungraded inspection checks whether a school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection; it doesn’t give new grades.
Ungraded inspection · report published 11 Dec 2023
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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 197 (capacity 210)
101 girls, 96 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 16.8% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy converter (Academies)
- Phase
- Primary
- Trust
- CROMPTON HOUSE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Crompton House School
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Opened
- 1 February 2025
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- URN
- 151315 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
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How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.