Thornycroft School
Thornycroft School is an independent special school in Oldham for boys and girls aged 5 to 19.
Newport Street, Oldham, OL8 1REMrs Jennifer Hallam headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Oldham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Werneth Primary School | Academy | 280 m | 429 | Good 2023 | 45 | Compare |
| St Thomas CofE Primary School | Academy | 370 m | 491 | Good 2019 | 23 | Compare |
| Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest | Independent (grammar) | 420 m | 67 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hulme Grammar School | Independent (grammar) | 460 m | 579 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Coppice Primary Academy | Academy | 470 m | 525 | Not inspected | 29 | Compare |
| St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 680 m | 166 | Requires improvement 2023 | 1 | Compare |
| Freehold Community Academy | Academy | 790 m | 447 | Good 2023 | 27 | Compare |
| Oldham Sixth Form College | Academy 16-19 converter | 830 m | 0 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Thornycroft School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Thornycroft School yet.
How many pupils does Thornycroft School have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Newport Street, Oldham, OL8 1RE
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Hallam
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Werneth
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 3 March 2026 (new provision)
- URN
- 152361 · LAESTAB 3536031
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.