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Hindsford CofE Primary School

Primary · Manchester · M46 9BL

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 29 October 2024

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At a glance

207 pupils · 99% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
43.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.hindsfordprimary.net
URN
106441

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 46 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.59 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.495 miles; distance decided places in 9 of the 20 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2007 to 2026. At its inspection on 29 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.59 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 46 first-choice applications · heavily 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 0.495 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.495 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Wigan average65.8%
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
Sacred Heart RC Primary SchoolManchester · under 1 mile awayExpected standard61%
Radleys Primary SchoolWalsall · 66 miles awayGood45%
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolSt Helens · 8 miles awayGood65%
New Whittington Community Primary SchoolChesterfield · 47 miles awayGood59%
Ashton Primary SchoolPreston · 21 miles awayNeeds attention45%
The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary SchoolSpalding · 103 miles awayGood41%
St James' Church of England AcademyHull · 91 miles awayGood63%
St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolFaversham · 208 miles awayGood45%
Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery AcademyCleethorpes · 101 miles awayGood76%
Bungay Primary SchoolBungay · 179 miles awayNeeds attention36%
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · 16 miles awayNo current grade71%
Stonehill SchoolLetchworth Garden City · 141 miles awayGood68%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Wigan 79%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Wigan 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Wigan 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Wigan 2%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Wigan 5%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Wigan 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Wigan 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Wigan 1%, England 4%) · other groups together 2%

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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.95 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wigan: 2.41 suspensions and 0.08 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
21.3
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 sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.9 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 £55,285; 20% 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£8,055
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £74,569; in-year balance +£30,074

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier57.6%62.3%
Social housing25.5%17.1%
Privately rented16.2%20.5%
Detached houses12.9%22.9%
Flats16%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van29.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006293 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£174,000231 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£140,000–£231,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (29)£360,000
Semi-detached (77)£205,000
Terraced (119)£148,000
Flat (6)£107,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.80 km, 2026 entry): 153 sales, median £173,000. 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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
15an 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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