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Park View Primary School

Primary · Manchester · M25 1FA

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 23 June 2026 · report published 8 September 2026

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At a glance

425 pupils · 105% of 403 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
17.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.parkviewprimary.com/
URN
149934

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 37 families named it first for 40 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 0.632 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 23 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

40 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.632 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
Bury average64.1%
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
St Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolPeterborough · 107 miles awayGood63%
Cotton End Forest SchoolBedford · 126 miles awayGood77%
Beaconside CofE Primary SchoolPenrith · 81 miles awayGood51%
Lyde Green Primary SchoolBristol · 140 miles awayGood56%
Whyteleafe Primary SchoolWhyteleafe · 179 miles awayGood64%
Warmsworth Primary SchoolDoncaster · 45 miles awayGood76%
Haywood Village AcademyNorth Somerset · 154 miles awayOutstanding (2019)72%
Blakehill Primary SchoolBradford · 30 miles awayGood75%
Covingham Park Primary SchoolSwindon · 137 miles awayGood51%
Shiphay Learning AcademyTorquay · 217 miles awayGood66%
Dickens Heath Community Primary SchoolSolihull · 81 miles awayStrong standard74%
South Failsworth Community Primary SchoolManchester · 5 miles awayGood52%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (Bury 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Bury 3%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Bury 13%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Bury 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Bury 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Bury 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Bury 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bury 1%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bury 2%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Bury 4%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Bury 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bury 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Bury 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bury 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Bury 0%, England 0%)

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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.83 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bury: 1.99 suspensions and 0.04 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
22
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

78.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 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 £48,789; 13.6% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,654
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£36,000; in-year balance +£94,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.5%62.3%
Social housing12.1%17.1%
Privately rented13.4%20.5%
Detached houses3.7%22.9%
Flats17.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005045 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£300,000535 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£242,500–£359,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (73)£435,000
Semi-detached (253)£320,000
Terraced (134)£274,000
Flat (75)£165,000

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 (1.02 km, 2023 entry): 551 sales, median £300,000. 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
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
24an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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