Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 13 first-choice applications for 17 Reception offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Pupils per teacher stood at 30.3, against a middle figure of 26.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Oldham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oldham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Blackshaw Lane, Heyside, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6NT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 176 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 13 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oldham.
- St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Royton Hall Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crompton Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Willowpark Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Theresa's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St. Paul's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published