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Peel Hall Primary Academy

Primary · Manchester · M22 5AU

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Inadequate

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.

Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 13 June 2023. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.

Quality of education: InadequateBehaviour & attitudes: InadequatePersonal development: InadequateLeadership & management: InadequateSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 13 June 2023

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At a glance

163 pupils · 69% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
65% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
URN
150693

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2015 entry went to 0.47 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 13 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · usually has places

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 (2015 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.47 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
31%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
96
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 school31%
Median of its 12 closest peers54%
Manchester average59.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Heathlands Primary AcademyBournemouth · 182 miles awayGood38%
Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery SchoolRuncorn · 18 miles awayGood53%
St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary SchoolHackney · 157 miles awayOutstanding82%
Westvale Primary SchoolLiverpool · 28 miles awayNeeds attention58%
High Greave Junior SchoolRotherham · 38 miles awayGood (2019)58%
Gamesley Primary and Nursery SchoolGlossop · 12 miles awayGood67%
Woodlands Primary SchoolSalisbury · 160 miles awayGood50%
St. Clement's CofE Primary SchoolSheerness · 191 miles awayNot yet graded15%
Lyndhurst Primary SchoolDukinfield · 9 miles awayExpected standard68%
Netherley Park Primary SchoolLiverpool · 25 miles awayUrgent improvement12%
Warren Hills Community Primary SchoolCoalville · 59 miles awayGood38%
Westleigh St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolLeigh · 15 miles awayNo current grade55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (Manchester 29%, England 60%) · Black African 6% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · Any other White background 6% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 4% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Manchester 9%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Manchester 17%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Manchester 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Manchester 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)
9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
29.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.30 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

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
17.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)

36.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 18.5 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 £49,415; 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,371
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 1% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 13% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£177,000; in-year balance +£41,000

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier30.3%62.3%
Social housing60.9%17.1%
Privately rented8.7%20.5%
Detached houses3.3%22.9%
Flats31.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van40.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005292 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£282,500258 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£225,000–£368,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (63)£455,000
Semi-detached (106)£284,000
Terraced (61)£230,000
Flat (28)£133,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.76 km, 2015 entry): 156 sales, median £290,500. 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
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an 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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