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Wild Bank Primary School

3–11Ages
133Pupils
PrimaryPhase
147917URN

Demesne Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2PG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.4 below Tameside median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

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18 applications for 13 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

57%met the expected standard

Tameside 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 18 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development		Requires improvement
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision	Good

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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 entry

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Tameside median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

18 applications · 13 places offered · 12 named it first

2026 1.4; Tameside median median 1.8
2025 1.9; Tameside median median 1.9
2024 2.0; Tameside median median 2.0
2023 1.8; Tameside median median 1.9
2022 2.3; Tameside median median 1.9
2021 1.4; Tameside median median 1.9
2020 1.5; Tameside median median 2.1; as the previous school
2019 1.7; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
2018 2.1; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
2017 1.7; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
2016 2.1; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 2.3; Tameside median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Tameside median median 2.7; as the previous school

This school
Tameside median

Dashed bars: as Wild Bank Community School (URN 106194), the previous school.

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	13	18	1.4	12	0.92
Sep 2025	8	15	1.9	7	0.88
Sep 2024	10	20	2.0	9	0.90
Sep 2023	17	31	1.8	14	0.82
Sep 2022	9	21	2.3	9	1.00
Sep 2021	20	28	1.4	20	1.00
Sep 2020 *	15	23	1.5	13	0.87
Sep 2019 *	17	29	1.7	15	0.88
Sep 2018 *	11	23	2.1	11	1.00
Sep 2017 *	17	28	1.7	15	0.88
Sep 2016 *	17	35	2.1	17	1.00
Sep 2015 *	10	23	2.3	10	1.00
Sep 2014 *	22	31	1.4	19	0.86

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 64% · Maths 86% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%40th of 58 in Tameside

Tameside 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Tameside 77% England 78%

Higher standard29%

Tameside 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard64%

Tameside 72% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Tameside 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard86%

Tameside 77% England 77%

Higher standard29%

Tameside 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Tameside median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	57%	0%	105	104
2023/24	29%	0%	100	97
2022/23	23%	0%	100	99

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

Wild Bank Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

1.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge
0.6 km · Tameside

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
1.1 km · Tameside

Good2023

2.2applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Stalyhill Junior School
1.2 km · Tameside

Remains Good2024

65%met the SATs standard
Stalyhill Infant School
1.4 km · Tameside

2026

1.7applications per place
Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery School
1.4 km · Tameside

Not yet inspected
St Raphael's Catholic Primary School
1.6 km · Tameside

Remains Good2024

1.7applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Millbrook Primary School
1.8 km · Tameside

Outstanding2023

2.3applications per place
Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery
1.8 km · Tameside

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place 77%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: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 147917 · 357/2026
Trust: Victorious Academies Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 133 on roll
Free school meals: 61.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2020
Replaced: Wild Bank Community School (URN 106194)
Address: Demesne Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2PG
Local authority: Tameside

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources