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Fir Bank Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Grasmere Road, Royton, Oldham OL2 6SJ · firbankprimary.co.uk · 0161 624 9577
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Oldham 58%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.45 mi
- 0.73 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 4 · Oldham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 238
- 28 over 210 places · 113%
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.6%
- First language not English
- 6.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Oak Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 4” went to a home 0.45 mi (729 m) from the school. Source: Oldham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 48 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 58% 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 | 29 | 48 | 1.7▲ | 58% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 30 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 40 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 4 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.45 mi0.73 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105662)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Fir Bank Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 17 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105662), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105662)
Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105662)
Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105662)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 55
- 24% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied