North West
Primary schools in Manchester
137 primary schools in Manchester.
Ofsted among primary schools in Manchester
Good72
Outstanding9
Requires improvement7
Inadequate2
No overall grade47
90 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 47 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 90
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 41
- Average days since inspection
- 970
- Framework mix
- 90 historic, 41 current, 6 none
Primary schools in Manchester
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
137 schools
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis Academy AspinalAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 81% | |
| Chorlton CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No overall grade | 79% | |
| St Wilfrid's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hulme | Good 2023 | 77% | |
| Cravenwood Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2023 | 77% | |
| Abbott Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 76% | |
| St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 76% | |
| Didsbury CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 76% | |
| Rack House Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Report card 2025 | 75% | |
| St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 74% | |
| Our Lady's RC Primary School ManchesterVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 74% | |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 73% | |
| Abbey Hey Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | No overall grade | 73% | |
| Green End Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | 72% | |
| Crossacres Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Outstanding 2023 | 70% | |
| Oswald Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 69% | |
| Beaver Road Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | 69% | |
| West Didsbury CE Primary SchoolFree schools | Manchester | Good 2023 | 68% | |
| Oasis Academy Harpur MountAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 67% | |
| Cringle Brook Primary SchoolFree schools | Levenshulme | Outstanding 2024 | 67% | |
| St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 67% | |
| Crowcroft Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Report card 2025 | 66% | |
| St Richard's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 66% | |
| Alma Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 65% | |
| Rushbrook Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 65% | |
| Seymour Road AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 65% | |
| Old Moat Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 65% | |
| Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | 65% | |
| Christ The King RC Primary School ManchesterVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 64% | |
| Ladybarn Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 64% | |
| Chorlton Park PrimaryAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2024 | 64% | |
| Brookburn Community SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2024 | 64% | |
| St Wilfrid's CofE Junior and Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 63% | |
| St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-RusholmeVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 63% | |
| Old Hall Drive AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2024 | 63% | |
| Higher Openshaw Community SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 62% | |
| Ringway Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 62% | |
| Barlow Hall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | 62% | |
| Pike Fold Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 61% | |
| St Margaret's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 61% | |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2022 | 61% | |
| Briscoe Lane AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2024 | 61% | |
| Manley Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 60% | |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 60% | |
| St Willibrord's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2022 | 60% | |
| Cheetham CofE Community AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 60% | |
| Mauldeth Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 59% | |
| St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 59% | |
| St Catherine's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 59% | |
| King David Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Crumpsall | Outstanding 2023 | 59% | |
| St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School NorthendenAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 59% | |
| Varna Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No overall grade | 58% | |
| E-ACT Blackley AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 58% | |
| Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School ManchesterVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 57% | |
| St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2024 | 57% | |
| Sandilands Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 56% | |
| St Brigid's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 56% | |
| Rolls Crescent Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Report card 2026 | 56% | |
| Acacias Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 55% | |
| Stanley Grove Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Longsight | No overall grade | 55% | |
| Armitage CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No overall grade | 54% | |
| St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall ManchesterVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 54% | |
| Birchfields Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No overall grade | 54% | |
| Haveley Hey Community SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | No overall grade | 54% | |
| Claremont Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 53% | |
| Crumpsall Lane Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 53% | |
| St Chrysostom's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Report card 2025 | 53% | |
| The Willows Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 53% | |
| St John's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No overall grade | 52% | |
| St Clare's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 52% | |
| Plymouth Grove Primary SchoolCommunity school | Ardwick | Good 2023 | 51% | |
| Irk Valley Community SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 51% | |
| Sacred Heart RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No overall grade | 51% | |
| Webster Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | 51% | |
| Co-op Academy New IslingtonFree schools | Manchester | No overall grade | 51% | |
| St Joseph's RC Primary School ManchesterVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No overall grade | 50% | |
| Longsight Community PrimaryFree schools | Manchester | No overall grade | 50% | |
| Co-op Academy BroadhurstAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 50% | |
| Chapel Street Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No overall grade | 49% | |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | 49% | |
| Manchester Communication Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2023 | 49% | |
| Moston Lane Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2022 | 48% | |
| Cheetwood Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 48% | |
| St Augustine's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No overall grade | 48% | |
| St Clement's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No overall grade | 48% | |
| CofE School of the ResurrectionVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 48% | |
| Button Lane Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 48% | |
| Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 48% | |
| Park View Community Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Requires improvement 2024 | 48% | |
| St Anne's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No overall grade | 47% | |
| St James' CofE Primary School GortonAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2023 | 47% | |
| Crab Lane Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No overall grade | 46% | |
| Baguley Hall Primary SchoolFoundation school | Manchester | No overall grade | 46% | |
| Ashbury Meadow Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No overall grade | 46% | |
| Wilbraham Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 46% | |
| The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Requires improvement 2024 | 45% | |
| Unity Community PrimaryFree schools | Manchester | Report card 2026 | 45% | |
| Heald Place Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No overall grade | 44% | |
| Ravensbury Community SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Report card 2026 | 44% | |
| St Agnes C of E Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Good 2022 | 43% | |
| Benchill Primary SchoolFoundation school | Manchester | No overall grade | 43% | |
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Requires improvement 2024 | 42% | |
| St Ambrose RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 42% | |
| Bowker Vale Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 41% | |
| All Saints Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2022 | 41% | |
| Saviour CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Report card 2026 | 41% | |
| Oasis Academy TempleAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 41% | |
| St Philip's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 40% | |
| St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Requires improvement 2023 | 40% | |
| New Moston Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No overall grade | 39% | |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School MostonVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No overall grade | 39% | |
| St Barnabas CofE Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 39% | |
| Broad Oak Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 38% | |
| Newall Green Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 38% | |
| All Saints C of E Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 30% | |
| Charlestown Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 29% | |
| St Bernard's RC Primary School ManchesterVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2022 | 28% | |
| Moston Fields Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No overall grade | 25% | |
| Gorton Primary SchoolFree schools | Manchester | Good 2023 | — | |
| Lily Lane Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Report card 2026 | — | |
| Crosslee Community Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Report card 2026 | — | |
| Co-op Academy MedlockAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Requires improvement 2021 | — | |
| St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Inadequate 2023 | — | |
| Peel Hall Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Inadequate 2023 | — | |
| The Olive School, ManchesterFree schools | Manchester | No overall grade | — | |
| Crown Street Primary SchoolFree schools | Manchester | No overall grade | — | |
| St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Requires improvement 2023 | — | |
| St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2024 | — | |
| St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2020 | — | |
| St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2024 | — | |
| St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2021 | — | |
| St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Requires improvement 2024 | — | |
| St Malachy's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | — | |
| Cavendish Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | — | |
| Northenden Community SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | — | |
| St John's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | — | |
| St Mary's RC Primary School, Manchester, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | — | |
| St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | No overall grade | — |