St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School

St Margaret’s CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School is performing well and maintains a strong reputation as a welcoming learning environment. The school is dedicated to fostering high expectations among its pupils for both learning and behavior. The curriculum implemented by the leadership team is ambitious, ensuring all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), have access to a broad and balanced education. Evidence of pupils' pride in their work and their ability to engage thoughtfully in lessons further highlights the school's success in promoting a positive learning atmosphere. Despite its overall good performance, there are areas for improvement, particularly regarding the adaptation of the curriculum to address misconceptions among pupils. Leaders have plans in place to enhance teaching strategies, ensuring that all pupils, including those with SEND, receive the appropriate support to maximize their learning outcomes. Continuous efforts from the leadership team to support staff well-being and improve the curriculum demonstrate their commitment to ongoing development and pupil success.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud of their school and demonstrate strong behavior.
• Leaders maintain high expectations for learning and behavior.
• The curriculum is ambitious and effective across subjects.
• Pupils achieve well and develop a deep body of subject knowledge.
• Effective support is provided for pupils with SEND.
• Strong focus on pupils' personal development and leadership opportunities.
• Robust safeguarding measures are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not adapt lesson delivery effectively for pupils with misconceptions.

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 St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.0% 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 St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery 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 St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School had 27.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.5% 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, 16.8% of pupils at St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School received £7,514 and spent £7,558 for each of its 333 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £159,000 (£477 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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What is St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School have?

St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School has 333 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School cover?

St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School?

St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School is at Hive Street, Hollinwood, Oldham, Lancashire, OL8 4QS.