Primary school

Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Oldham
  • OL2 6NT
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Dec 2021

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 12,275 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 82%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 83%83%2016/17: top 66%2017/18: top 70%2018/19: top 39%39% · 2018/192022/23: top 77%2023/24: top 83%2024/25: top 82%No exams

Against North WestArrows: North West rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM50% · North West 63%2/10 Well below North West−43.2 pts
Higher standard, RWM0% · North West 6%1/10 Well below North West−78.5 pts
Reading score106 · North West 1056/10 Middle−15.6 pts
Maths score101 · North West 1051/10 Well below North West−18.7 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 38% · 29 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 57% · 28 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 59% · 27 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 71% · 31 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 50% · 30 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 47% · 30 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 50% · 30 pupils · North West 63%71%38%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 29 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 4% · 28 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 0% · 27 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 16% · 31 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 0% · 30 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 3% · 30 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 0% · 30 pupils · North West 6%16%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 29 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 102 · 28 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 105 · 27 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 106 · 31 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 104 · 30 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 101 · 30 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 106 · 30 pupils · North West 105106101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 29 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 101 · 28 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 103 · 27 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 104 · 31 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 100 · 30 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 100 · 30 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 101 · 30 pupils · North West 105104100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
13 of 13 who put it first2014 · 88.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1313
2nd112
3rd70

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2021Requires improvementas predecessor
  7. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026176
Free school meals (past 6 years)29.8%
First language not English14.1%
SEN support14.1%
EHC plan2.1%
Absence (sessions missed)5.9%
Persistently absent pupils14.9%

Girls 45%Boys 55%

83.8% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher30.3
Pupils per adult15.6
  • Classroom teachers 3.8
  • Leadership 1.9
  • Teaching assistants 5.3
  • Other support 2.9

Teachers 5.7 FTE · Whole workforce 13.9 · 21 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,205
Spend per pupil£7,648
Staff spend per pupil£5,493
Reserve per pupil−£1,152
  • −£216,000revenue reserve
  • −£83,000in-year balance

Grants £6,491 · self-generated £715 · premises £427 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: KINGFISHER LEARNING TRUST (7 academies) · trust reserve £2,325,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it