Crompton Primary School

About Crompton Primary School

Crompton Primary School’s headline metrics sit noticeably below the Oldham local authority average for primary schools. While the LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 58%, Crompton’s figure is 37% — a gap of 21 percentage points. This places the school 64th out of 67 primary schools in Oldham, putting it in the bottom tier locally and nationally, where it ranks in the 93rd percentile from the bottom. That said, the school is oversubscribed: for 27 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 72 applications, with 37 first-preference requests. The headteacher, Gemma Croston, leads a school that is larger than its capacity — 234 pupils against a published capacity of 210 — suggesting families in the area continue to choose it despite the below-average headline results.

Looking beyond the combined measure, individual subject scores tell a more mixed story. In maths, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard, with an average scaled score of 103, and 17% achieved the higher standard. In reading, 63% met the expected level, with an average score of 102, and 13% reached the higher threshold. Writing saw 73% of pupils hit the expected standard, though no pupils achieved the higher mark. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in May 2024, confirmed it remains Good and is improving. That’s a step down from its previous Outstanding rating in 2011, but the current judgement notes progress. In the 2019 graded inspection, leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness were all rated Good. The early years provision has since improved from Good to Outstanding in the 2024 ungraded outcome.

Crompton Primary is a mixed, non-religious state school for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. It offers a wide range of facilities including a forest school, sensory room, sports hall, art studios, and playing fields, plus clubs such as choir, coding, film club and eco club. Sports include netball, football, athletics and cricket. The school has identified SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 23.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average disadvantage. Given its oversubscription and improving Ofsted trajectory, Crompton suits families who value a broad, inclusive offer and a school that is actively working to raise attainment, rather than one already at the top of the league tables.

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