Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School
Blackshaw Lane, Heyside, Oldham, OL2 6NT
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Beverley O'Neill
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Oldham West and Royton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 219
- URN
- 105652
- Local authority
- Oldham
About this school
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School was a community primary school in Oldham. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 219 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.10 | - |
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 Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery 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 | 50% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 55.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 23.5% | 219 | — |
| Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School | 50% | 5.9% | 29.8% | 176 | 0.0 miles |
| St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.3 miles |
| Royton Hall Primary School | 63% | 5.6% | 34.6% | 324 | 0.4 miles |
| Crompton Primary School | 79% | 4.6% | 25.7% | 235 | 0.7 miles |
| Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | — | 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.5%
- English as an additional language
- 12.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 17.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School0.0 miles
Primary · Oldham
- 0.3 miles
-
Royton Hall Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Crompton Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
Other schools in Oldham
- Alexandra Park Junior School Primary
- Alt Academy Primary
- Bare Trees Primary School Primary
- Beal Vale Primary School Primary
- Beever Primary School Primary
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Broadfield Primary School Primary
- Buckstones Primary School Primary
- Burnley Brow Community School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Coppice Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School teach?
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Oldham.
- Has Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School?
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School had 219 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery 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 30 September 2023.