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Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Manchester · M35 0ND

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 19 November 2024

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At a glance

237 pupils · 100% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
33.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.proppshall.oldham.sch.uk
URN
105663

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 42 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.50 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.477 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its inspection on 19 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.50 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 42 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.477 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.477 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
79%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school79%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Oldham average59.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolManchester · 3 miles awayGood67%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South ShieldsSouth Shields · 105 miles awayNo current grade68%
Swinnow Primary SchoolLeeds · 29 miles awayRequires improvement61%
New Pastures Primary SchoolMexborough · 36 miles awayGood48%
St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery SchoolEllesmere Port · 34 miles awayGood61%
Eppleton Academy Primary SchoolHoughton le Spring · 96 miles awayGood62%
Springhill Primary AcademyBurntwood · 58 miles awayGood (2019)45%
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, WalkerNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 105 miles awayGood37%
Chattenden Primary SchoolRochester · 183 miles awayGood69%
Aqueduct Primary AcademyTelford · 60 miles awayRequires improvement60%
Laindon Park Primary School & NurseryBasildon · 172 miles awayGood52%
Zetland Primary SchoolRedcar · 89 miles awayNo current grade74%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Oldham 45%, England 60%) · Black African 6% (Oldham 6%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Oldham 2%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Oldham 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Oldham 21%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Oldham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Oldham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Oldham 12%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Oldham 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Oldham 1%, England 4%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Oldham: 0.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

60% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 20% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

20% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £58,980; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,359
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £249,205; in-year balance +£25,137

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61.2%62.3%
Social housing20.6%17.1%
Privately rented18.2%20.5%
Detached houses2.2%22.9%
Flats1.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van28%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005372 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£208,000410 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£173,000–£263,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (42)£335,000
Semi-detached (214)£230,000
Terraced (140)£171,000
Flat (14)£123,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.77 km, 2026 entry): 266 sales, median £197,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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