Knowsley Junior School
Primary schoolKnowsley Junior School is a primary school in Oldham, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 216 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 23 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
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, 64% of pupils at Knowsley Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Oldham and 62% in England.
8% 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 | 64% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 4% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
- 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- Springhead Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met370 m
- St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Hey-with-Zion Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Co-op Academy StrinesdaleSecondary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
- St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, June 2025. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- St Agnes CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 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).