Springhead Infant and Nursery School
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Springhead Infant and Nursery School is a council school in Oldham for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 150 pupils and room for 207. About 17 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 76 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 83% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted visited in January 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Cooper Street, Springhead, Oldham, OL4 4QT0161 770 5620springhead.oldham.sch.ukMrs Gillian Kay executive headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 27 January 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 13 October 2021 | Ungraded | School remains Good |
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
137 places were empty (51% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 28% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place.
What a home within 900 m of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 21 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for primary schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (22), Moderate learning difficulty (3).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 150 | 149 | 159 | 180 | 207 | 251 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 17% | 16% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 13% | 17% | 27% | 31% | 33% | 29% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 16% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.8% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.2% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 5.5% | 2.9% | 4.6% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.3% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 1.5% | 2.4% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.9% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 11.0% | 17.2% | 23.5% | 17.3% | 6.6% | 10.3% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowsley Junior School | Foundation | 370 m | 216 | Good 2022 | 40 | Compare |
| St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 770 m | 244 | Not inspected | 86 | Compare |
| Hey-with-Zion Primary School | Academy | 810 m | 281 | Good 2022 | 46 | Compare |
| St Agnes CofE Primary School | Church of England | 980 m | 107 | Not inspected | 47 | Compare |
| St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School | Church of England | 0.6 miles | 200 | Good 2023 | 56 | Compare |
| St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 209 | Not inspected | 93 | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Clarksfield | Academy | 1.1 miles | 461 | Good 2023 | 23 | Compare |
| St Hugh's CofE Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 211 | Good 2023 | 14 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Springhead Infant and Nursery School with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 76 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 76% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 51 to 90. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | above | +0.40 | Ofsted report card, 0.6 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | below | -0.14 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | above | +0.09 | 2024/25; 91 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 5% | in line | -0.01 | Ofsted's Parent View survey, allowing for how many parents replied; 21 responses |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Springhead Infant and Nursery School a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. Springhead Infant and Nursery School scores 76 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 83% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 51 to 90, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.
What is Springhead Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 27 January 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.
How many pupils does Springhead Infant and Nursery School have?
150 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 207 places, so it is 72% full.
Is Springhead Infant and Nursery School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 137 places were empty in 2024/25 (51% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Springhead Infant and Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 95.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 11% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
What do parents say about Springhead Infant and Nursery School?
86% of the 21 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 91% say their child is happy there. Across England, 87% of parents would recommend their child's school.
How big are the classes at Springhead Infant and Nursery School?
The average class had 23.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Cooper Street, Springhead, Oldham, OL4 4QT
- Telephone
- 0161 770 5620
- Website
- www.springhead.oldham.sch.uk
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Gillian Kay
- Type of school
- Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Saddleworth West & Lees
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105668 · LAESTAB 3532078 · UKPRN 10070940
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Oldham council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2025, 2026.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.