Propps Hall Drive, Failsworth, Manchester M35 0ND
10 reasons to choose Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School
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Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Manchester and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School is a state primary school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school is federated with another local primary school and an infant school in The Ivory Federation. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. It is one of the 10 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Oldham LEA.
Average class size
Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School ranks in the top 31% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 5% of schools.
The Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately and are organised thematically or by half-termly topics, with cross-curricular linking. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Gold Award.
The Arts at Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.45pm.
Find another school near Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School
Hulme Grammar Prep School (2.3 miles); The Chadderton Preparatory Grammar School (3.3 miles); Chetham’s School of Music, Junior department (3.7 miles).
St Margaret Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston (1.5 miles); Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Primary School, Chadderton (1.8 miles); Canon Burrows Church of England Primary School (2.3 miles).
Hulme Grammar School (2.8 miles); Westwood High (3.1 miles).
The Radclyffe School (3.8 miles); Fairfield High School for Girls (3.8 miles); Middleton Technology School (4.2 miles).