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Chorlton CofE Primary School

Primary · Manchester · M21 9JA

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 26 November 2024

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At a glance

227 pupils · 108% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.chorltonce.co.uk
URN
105487

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.966 miles; distance decided places in 7 of the 11 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. At its inspection on 26 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 30 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.966 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
82%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school82%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
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
Oaklands Primary SchoolWelwyn · 141 miles awayGood60%
Brough Primary SchoolBrough · 73 miles awayGood52%
Emersons Green Primary SchoolBristol · 135 miles awayStrong standard72%
Wellfield Junior SchoolSale · 2 miles awayGood71%
Thorngumbald Primary SchoolThorngumbald · 89 miles awayGood57%
Oakfield Junior SchoolLeatherhead · 169 miles awayGood73%
Alconbury CofE Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 112 miles awayGood68%
West Row AcademyBury St. Edmunds · 136 miles awayExpected standard67%
The Learning Together Federation Tithe Barn Primary School and Freshfield Nursery SchoolStockport · 4 miles awayGood84%
Kiwi Primary SchoolSalisbury · 157 miles awayRequires improvement32%
Rowledge Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolFarnham · 168 miles awayExpected standard69%
Pear Tree Primary SchoolNANTWICH · 28 miles awayExpected standard75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 67% (Manchester 29%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Manchester 17%, England 5%) · Not recorded 4% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 3% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · 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)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.43 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
25.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £41,362; 18.2% 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£8,365
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £83,179; in-year balance +£62,928

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher70%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work64.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73%62.3%
Social housing1.5%17.1%
Privately rented25.5%20.5%
Detached houses2.4%22.9%
Flats14.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van19.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005155 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£433,500600 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£307,500–£540,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£530,000
Semi-detached (179)£585,000
Terraced (253)£446,500
Flat (153)£232,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.55 km, 2025 entry): 1,069 sales, median £405,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an 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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