Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School
Blackshaw Lane, Heyside, Oldham, OL2 6NT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- KINGFISHER LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Beverley O'Neill
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Kingfisher Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 176
- URN
- 150121
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617707660
About this school
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School is a primary academy in Oldham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 176 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School (URN 105652).
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 |
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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 199 |
| 2024/25 | 191 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School compares
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School ranked 55th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 5.9% | 29.8% | 176 | — |
| St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.4 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 |
| St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School | 63% | 5.4% | 26.7% | 290 | 0.8 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)
- 29.78%
- English as an additional language
- 14.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.94%
- Persistent absence
- 14.91%
Location
Nearby schools
- 0.4 miles
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Royton Hall Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Oldham
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Crompton Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
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Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Oldham
Other schools in Oldham
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School ranks 51st 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
- 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
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School teach?
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldham.
- Who is the headteacher of Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School is Mrs Beverley O'Neill, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery 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 Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School?
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School has 176 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School full?
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School has capacity for 210 pupils and 176 on roll (84%), 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 Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- Is Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School part of an academy trust?
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School is part of KINGFISHER LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School compare with other schools in Oldham?
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School ranked 55th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School's absence rate?
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 10 July 2026.