Mather Street Primary School
Mather Street, Failsworth, Manchester, M35 0DT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Martine Buckley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- MY Schools Together
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- URN
- 105649
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01612191051
About this school
Mather Street Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 204 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mather Street Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 27 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 48% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 93% | 48% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 85% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 89% | 55% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mather Street Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Oldham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 55.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 211 |
| 2023/24 | 210 |
| 2024/25 | 209 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mather Street Primary School compares
Mather Street Primary School ranked 60th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 6.8% | 56.3% | 204 | — |
| Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School | 79% | 4.4% | 37% | 237 | 0.4 miles |
| Co-op Academy Broadhurst | 62% | 5.7% | 38.8% | 234 | 0.5 miles |
| St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | 4.7% | 18.5% | 450 | 0.5 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston | 31% | 4% | 55.3% | 235 | 0.7 miles |
| New Moston Primary School | 45% | 6.8% | 42.3% | 487 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.25%
- English as an additional language
- 23.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.76%
- Persistent absence
- 25.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Co-op Academy Broadhurst0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
New Moston Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
Mather Street Primary School ranks 221st of the 252 ranked primary schools in Manchester.
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primary
- Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Acacias Community Primary School Primary
- Acre Hall Primary School Primary
- Aldwyn Primary School Primary
- Alkrington Primary School Primary
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Primary
- All Saints Primary School Primary
- Alma Park Primary School Primary
- Armitage CofE Primary School Primary
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Mather Street Primary School teach?
- Mather Street Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Mather Street Primary School?
- The headteacher of Mather Street Primary School is Mrs Martine Buckley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mather Street Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mather Street Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Mather Street Primary School?
- Mather Street Primary School has 204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mather Street Primary School full?
- Mather Street Primary School has capacity for 240 pupils and 204 on roll (85%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mather Street Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mather Street Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mather Street Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mather Street Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Mather Street Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Mather Street Primary School is part of the MY Schools Together federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Mather Street Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mather Street Primary School compare with other schools in Oldham?
- Mather Street Primary School ranked 60th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mather Street Primary School's absence rate?
- Mather Street Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mather Street Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mather Street Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.