Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Manchester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 10 May 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry60 applications · 36 places offered · 32 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2025 2.0; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2024 1.5; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2023 1.9; Manchester median median 2.5
- 2022 2.2; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2021 1.3; Manchester median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; Manchester median median 1.8
- 2019 1.6; Manchester median median 1.9
- 2018 1.6; Manchester median median 2.0
- 2017 2.7; Manchester median median 2.0
- 2016 1.1; Manchester median median 2.0
- 2015 1.2; Manchester median median 2.0
- This school
- Manchester median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 36 | 60 | 1.7 | 32 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 44 | 87 | 2.0 | 40 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 46 | 71 | 1.5 | 43 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 45 | 86 | 1.9 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 31 | 68 | 2.2 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 47 | 63 | 1.3 | 46 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 44 | 62 | 1.4 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 43 | 69 | 1.6 | 40 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 43 | 69 | 1.6 | 38 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 11 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 | 17 | 19 | 1.1 | 8 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2015 | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.33 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 69% · Writing 68% · Maths 68% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Manchester median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 47% | 2% | 104 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 0% | 103 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 0% | 100 | 102 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Unity Community PrimaryThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · SalfordGood20231.7applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · SalfordOutstanding20231.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · ManchesterGood20243.3applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · ManchesterRemains Good20232.0applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · ManchesterNot yet inspected3.4applications per place
- 0.8 km · Manchester20262.1applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SalfordSpecial measures 20261.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · ManchesterRemains Good20222.2applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141966 · 352/2038
- Trust
- Big Life Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 363 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Address
- Allesley Drive, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M7 4YE
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources