How close do I need to live to get into Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision?

0.895 miles was enough in varies, which makes it the best evidence available rather than a promise about next year. The distance moves every year with the number of applications.

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Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision

Q: What is the catchment area for Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision?

It does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, when it is oversubscribed it offers places outward from the school until they run out. The furthest child admitted in varies lived 0.895 miles away, according to Tameside.

Q: How much does it cost to live within reach of Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision?

Of the postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.895 miles the school admitted from in varies, the cheapest by median sold price is SK16 at £200,000 and the dearest is SK16 at £200,000, from HM Land Registry sales.

Academy converter in Hyde, SK14 4EZ, taking ages 3 to 11, 221 on roll.

No current grade Ofsted, Mar 2025

0.895 mi Admitted from, varies

106% Full, over capacity

33.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the varies round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision lived 0.895 miles away, according to Tameside. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.

The circle is 0.895 miles, the distance the school admitted from in varies. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.

This is not a catchment area. Most English schools do not have one. When Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived. 0.895 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious character	No religious character
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
How full	221 pupils in 208 places (106% full, over capacity)
Trust	THE ENQUIRE LEARNING TRUST
Local authority	Tameside

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Meeting the expected standard

33.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)

Year	Meeting the expected standard
2024/25	33.0%
2023/24	62.0%
2022/23	46.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision

Girls and boys	45.7% girls, 54.3% boys
English as an additional language	9.0% of pupils
Free school meals	40.7% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.895 miles the school admitted from in varies, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is SK16 at £200,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

District	Area	From the school	Median sold price
SK16	Tameside	0.9 mi	£200,000 101 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

The fee-paying alternative

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Checking the house as well as the school

The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision?

Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in varies lived 0.895 miles away, per Tameside.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.895 miles was enough in varies, and at 106% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Tameside school's distance

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Admission distance published by Tameside. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.