Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

OldhamLocal Authority

Oldham West, Chadderton and RoytonConstituency

OL2 6NTPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Oldham, North West.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 176 pupils. Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School is part of Kingfisher Learning Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

12%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

176

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 176
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Kingfisher Learning Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
31 Jan 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.