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Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Heron Street, Oldham OL8 4JD · lyndhurstprimaryschool.co.uk · 0161 770 7260
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 43%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Oldham 58%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.36 mi
- 0.57 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 5 · Oldham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 460
- 97% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27.8%
- First language not English
- 49.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 5” went to a home 0.36 mi (573 m) from the school. Source: Oldham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 60 families put the school first and 57 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 57 | 60 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 60 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 95% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 5 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.36 mi0.57 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Oldham it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼43% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105632)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School on 28 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105632), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105632)
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Replies
- 23
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied