Diggle School

Diggle School continues to demonstrate strong overall performance, maintaining its status as a good school. The school's inviting and supportive environment fosters positive relationships between pupils and teachers, contributing to a sense of safety and belonging. Pupils, including those with special educational needs, exhibit high levels of engagement in their learning, supported by leaders' emphasis on core values that promote respect, responsibility, and resilience. The curriculum has seen recent enhancements, with effective reading initiatives and outdoor learning experiences enriching students' educational journeys. Despite these strengths, there are areas in need of improvement, particularly in the curriculum delivery where some teachers are not implementing it as intended by leaders. This inconsistency has affected the depth of knowledge that some pupils gain in certain subjects. Furthermore, leaders must ensure clearer identification of essential knowledge in a few subjects and enhance teachers' confidence in delivering the refined curriculums, so all pupils can build on their learning more securely over time.

Strengths

• Pupils and teachers have strong, supportive relationships.
• Pupils feel safe and well cared for at school.
• High expectations of behaviour and achievement among pupils.
• Effective reading initiatives benefiting all year groups.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and achieve well.
• Wide range of enrichment activities enhancing students' interests.
• Proactive governance with strong support for school leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum delivery by some teachers.
• Lack of clarity on essential knowledge in a few subjects.
• Early stages of curriculum development in some areas.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Diggle School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Diggle School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Diggle School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.6% of pupils at Diggle School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Diggle School received £7,616 and spent £7,277 for each of its 169 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £50,000 (-£297 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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Diggle School is part of Dovestone Learning Partnership, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Delph Primary School Oldham
• Knowsley Junior School Oldham

What is Diggle School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Diggle School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Diggle School last inspected by Ofsted?

Diggle School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Diggle School have?

Diggle School has 169 pupils on roll.

What age range does Diggle School cover?

Diggle School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Diggle School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Diggle School?

Diggle School is at Sam Road, Diggle, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 5PU.