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Oldham · ages 3 to 11 · URN 151472

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St. Paul's CofE Primary School · comparison saved 26 October 2026

HeadteacherChat intake matches, separate from DfE’s official groups. Similarity does not establish school quality or explain results. Figures have their own years and periods. Small cohorts are flagged where published counts are available.

Showing the closest 10 of 5,734 eligible schools.

KS2 is reading, writing and maths combined. Published cohort counts appear with results where available.

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Measure	St. Paul's CofE Primary School
Pupils2025/26 · Academic year	231SourceDfE: Schools, pupils and their characteristics · 2025/26 · Academic year · https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics
Free school meals2025/26 · Academic year	29%SourceDfE: Schools, pupils and their characteristics · 2025/26 · Academic year · https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics
First language other than English2025/26 · Academic year	14.7%SourceDfE: Schools, pupils and their characteristics · 2025/26 · Academic year · https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics
SEND (SEN support or EHC plan)2025/26 · Academic year	32.47%SourceDfE: Special educational needs in England · 2025/26 · Academic year · https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england+ sourceDfE: Schools, pupils and their characteristics · 2025/26 · Academic year · https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics
KS2 expected standard	MissingNot available in this comparison
KS2 higher standard	MissingNot available in this comparison
Overall absence2025/26 · Autumn and spring term	6%SourceDfE: Pupil absence in schools in England · 2025/26 · Autumn and spring term · https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england
Persistent absence2025/26 · Autumn and spring term	16.75%SourceDfE: Pupil absence in schools in England · 2025/26 · Autumn and spring term · https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england
KS2 cohort	Unavailable.
Latest inspection	Graded inspection (previous framework)11 September 2019Ofsted · https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/25/151472
Graded inspection (previous framework)
Overall effectiveness	Good
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Safeguarding is effective	Yes
Early years	Good

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St. Paul's CofE Primary School

Oldham · ages 3 to 11 · URN151472

KS2 cohort count unavailable. Small-cohort check unavailable.

St. Paul's CofE Primary School: published figures and their sources
Measure	St. Paul's CofE Primary School
Pupils	2312025/26
Free school meals	29%2025/26
First language other than English	14.7%2025/26
SEND (SEN support or EHC plan)	32.47%2025/26 + source
KS2 expected standard	MissingNot available in this comparison
KS2 higher standard	MissingNot available in this comparison
Overall absence	6%2025/26 · Autumn and spring term
Persistent absence	16.75%2025/26 · Autumn and spring term

Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 11 September 2019 · published 8 October 2019 · recorded under URN 131848 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective
Yes
Early years
Good

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How schools are matched

We compare open primary schools in England that teach through to age 11. We match current eligibility for free school meals first, then first language other than English, SEND and pupil numbers. The same age range is preferred. Region, faith and school type have a smaller influence.

A similar intake does not explain a difference in results. Use this list to choose schools to investigate, then check their reports and local circumstances.

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SEND is calculated from pupils with SEN support or an EHC plan, divided by the school roll. We only calculate it when the source counts, year and coverage agree. It is rounded to two decimal places here.

Matching weights
Measure	Weight
Free school meals	45%
First language other than English	25%
SEND (SEN support or EHC plan)	20%
Pupils	10%

Lower matching scores mean more similar pupil context. Context bonuses can take a score below zero; a score is not a rating or a percentage.

Open England GIAS Primary; statutory low age at most 5 (including nursery ages 2/3) and high age 11. All four inputs required in the same academic year. Prefer exact low/high ages when at least 10 candidates remain after the report-card filter; otherwise disclose relaxation. Outcomes never select or rank peers. Context bonuses require nonmissing exact region, religious character and establishment type code; missing context earns no bonus. Lower distance is closer, including negative totals after bonuses.

5734 schools were eligible; 10 are shown.

fsm: Absolute percentage-point difference / 100
eal: Absolute percentage-point difference / 100; First language other than English
send: Absolute percentage-point difference / 100
size: Absolute pupil-count difference / max(target pupils, candidate pupils)

SEND formula: 100 * (SEN_support + EHC_plan) / characteristics.pupils; same school, Academic year and year; SEN total_pupils must equal characteristics.pupils. Ties are resolved by URN ascending.

Schools can be excluded for more than one reason:

Not a primary school: 21888
Does not cover the full primary age range: 28649
Not open: 25401
England location unverified: 3043
FSM percentage missing: 192
First-language percentage missing: 192
Pupil number missing: 192
SEND: published SEN support, EHC plan or pupil total missing: 192
The selected school: 1
Different age range: 8362

Get Information About Schools (Department for Education): year not stated; published 2026-10-26; status when saved: healthy.
Ofsted monthly management information: state-funded schools, latest inspections: year not stated; published 2026-09-30; status when saved: healthy.
DfE: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: 2025/26; published 2026-06-04; status when saved: healthy.
DfE: Special educational needs in England: 2025/26; published 2026-06-30; status when saved: healthy.
DfE: Pupil absence in schools in England: 2025/26; published 2026-10-15; status when saved: healthy.
DfE: Key stage 2 performance tables: 2024/25; published 2026-05-21; status when saved: healthy.

Missing means no usable figure was provided. Suppressed means the publisher withheld it. Unavailable means no usable value can be shown; check the source and published code. Not applicable and low reliability retain the publisher’s stated limits.

Comparison reference: htc-full-primary-v1:2026-10-26.

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