Kingfisher Special School
Special schoolKingfisher Special School is a special school in Oldham, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 218 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 19 March 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Kingfisher Special School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Oldham and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 4% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
- Kingfisher Special School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Chances MentoringSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file70 m
- Halcyon Way SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade110 m
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 46.8 (2025/26, provisional)510 m
- Yew Tree Community SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2022. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Stanley Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Oldham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).