Buckstones Primary School
Delamere Avenue, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8HN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Healey
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 207
- URN
- 105671
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617705850
About this school
Buckstones Primary School is a community primary school in Oldham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 207 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 83% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 0% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 90% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 90% | 97% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 93% | 97% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 110.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - | - |
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 Buckstones 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 | 78% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 55.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 206 |
| 2023/24 | 209 |
| 2024/25 | 210 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Buckstones Primary School compares
Buckstones Primary School ranked 8th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 3.5% | 9.1% | 207 | — |
| East Crompton St George's CofE School | 52% | 4.2% | 30% | 122 | 0.2 miles |
| East Crompton St James CofE Primary School | 52% | 5.4% | 40.2% | 185 | 0.5 miles |
| Rushcroft Primary School | 80% | 5.2% | 33.7% | 164 | 0.6 miles |
| Beal Vale Primary School | 66% | 5.8% | 44.2% | 202 | 0.6 miles |
| Crompton Primary School | 79% | 4.6% | 25.7% | 235 | 1.1 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9.05%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.49%
- Persistent absence
- 5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
East Crompton St George's CofE School0.2 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
East Crompton St James CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Rushcroft Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Beal Vale Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
Crompton Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Oldham
Other schools in Oldham
Buckstones Primary School ranks 7th of the 66 ranked primary 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
- Burnley Brow Community School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Coppice Primary Academy Primary
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Buckstones Primary School teach?
- Buckstones Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldham.
- Who is the headteacher of Buckstones Primary School?
- The headteacher of Buckstones Primary School is Miss Sarah Healey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Buckstones Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Buckstones 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 big is Buckstones Primary School?
- Buckstones Primary School has 207 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Buckstones Primary School full?
- Buckstones Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 207 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Buckstones Primary School a faith school?
- No. Buckstones Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Buckstones Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Buckstones Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Buckstones Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Buckstones Primary School rank locally?
- Buckstones Primary School ranked 8th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Buckstones Primary School's absence rate?
- Buckstones Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Buckstones Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Buckstones 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 29 June 2026.