Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School
Primary school in Oldham. Requires improvement (Dec 2021).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 8 December 2021, report published 31 January 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around June 2024
The last inspection was in December 2021. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.4 milesSt Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy
Standards maintained (Mar 2025)
- 0.4 milesRoyton Hall Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)
- 0.7 milesCrompton Primary School
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next (May 2024)
- 0.7 milesSs Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Standards maintained (Dec 2024)
- 0.8 milesSt Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jan 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.