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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 13 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained · as Northenden Community School, URN 105434
- 22 October 2019Graded inspection: Good · as Northenden Community School, URN 105434
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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 entry81 applications · 29 places offered · 26 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2025 2.6; Manchester median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2024 3.0; Manchester median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2023 3.5; Manchester median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2022 3.6; Manchester median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2021 2.8; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 3.5; Manchester median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 3.1; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 3.1; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 3.5; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 4.1; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 4.0; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 4.3; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Manchester median
Dashed bars: as Northenden Community School (URN 105434), 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 | 29 | 81 | 2.8 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 * | 29 | 76 | 2.6 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 30 | 91 | 3.0 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 104 | 3.5 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 * | 29 | 103 | 3.6 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2020 * | 29 | 101 | 3.5 | 42 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 46 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 105 | 3.5 | 46 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2016 * | 29 | 120 | 4.1 | 47 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 121 | 4.0 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 129 | 4.3 | 44 | 1.47 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Northenden Community SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20242.8applications per place
- 0.6 km · ManchesterRemains Good20242.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · ManchesterRequires improvement20233.7applications per place
- 1.4 km · Manchester20252.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · ManchesterRemains Good20232.9applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · ManchesterGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · ManchesterGood20233.0applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · ManchesterGood20226.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · ManchesterStandards maintained20253.6applications 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
- 152025 · 352/2186
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 232 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- Northenden Community School (URN 105434)
- Address
- Bazley Road, Northenden, Manchester, M22 4FL
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources