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Manley Park Primary School

Primary · Manchester · M16 0AA

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 May 2024

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At a glance

442 pupils · 92% of 480 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
22.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
34.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.manleypark.com/
URN
105472

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 71 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.18 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.383 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 8 May 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.18 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 71 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.383 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.383 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
Manchester average59.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Dashwood Banbury AcademyBanbury · 104 miles awayGood68%
Foundry Lane Primary SchoolSouthampton · 179 miles awayRequires improvement48%
Wellington Community Primary SchoolAldershot · 165 miles awayGood61%
Chestnuts Primary SchoolLondon · 158 miles awayGood70%
The Oaks Primary School & NurseryCrawley · 185 miles awayGood72%
Heene CofE Primary SchoolWorthing · 199 miles awayInadequate43%
Riverside Primary SchoolBarking · 167 miles awayGood87%
Callicroft Primary SchoolBristol · 133 miles awayGood55%
Manor Junior SchoolBarking · 165 miles awayGood78%
The Meads Primary SchoolLuton · 131 miles awayGood75%
St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 71 miles awayGood58%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolWIGAN · 17 miles awayGood64%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 44% (Manchester 29%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 21% (Manchester 17%, England 5%) · Any other White background 6% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · Not recorded 6% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Manchester 9%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Manchester 4%, England 4%) · Black African 1% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Manchester 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Manchester: 2.24 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

48% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,853; 17.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,390
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £201,144; in-year balance +£12,256

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier56.7%62.3%
Social housing12.7%17.1%
Privately rented30.4%20.5%
Detached houses4.2%22.9%
Flats17%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van24%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005298 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£334,000619 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£235,500–£451,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (23)£526,500
Semi-detached (221)£445,000
Terraced (213)£330,500
Flat (162)£194,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.62 km, 2026 entry): 256 sales, median £347,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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