Flowery Field Primary School, Hyde
Flowery Field Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Hyde, part of The Enquire Learning Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in June 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 4th-highest of the 10 schools in Hyde with published results, and 6,288th of 14,452 across England. It was 98% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Good (2015)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Tameside (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Flowery Field Primary School in detail
Flowery Field Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "At Flowery Field Primary School, we create the conditions under which all of our pupils can flourish; leaving our school with aspirational outcomes but most importantly with the skills to learn and become successful human beings! Everything that we do is built on a foundation of Reasoning, problem solving, collaboration and Assessment for Learning."
From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Flowery Field Primary School. Choosing a primary school is like building the foundation for your house. The future depends on it! A solid foundation with breadth and depth in education will ensure your child has the resources with which to make the best possible choices as he or she grows up."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, rugby, hockey, gymnastics, multi-sports, yoga, dance, ukulele and cheerleading.
The school runs after-school care.
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at Flowery Field Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Tameside and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (82% in reading, 71% in maths).
Getting a place at Flowery Field Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 71 families put Flowery Field Primary School as their first choice and 126 named it as one of their preferences, for 76 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Flowery Field Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Flowery Field Primary School are Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision (0.5 miles, Good, 56% reading, 48% maths); St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles, 83% reading, 67% maths); St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles, 81% reading, 55% maths); and Yew Tree Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 70% reading, 74% maths).
Flowery Field Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.
Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource ProvisionSt. Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademySt. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyYew Tree Primary School
The trust
Flowery Field Primary School is one of 32 schools run by The Enquire Learning Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
What parents say
60 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Flowery Field Primary School (as of September 2025): 97% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 77% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (77%).
Who goes there
35.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Flowery Field Rail Station, about 180 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Flowery Field School (opposite), 50 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Flowery Field Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Flowery Field Primary School issued 9 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Flowery Field Primary School are Hyde High School (0.1 miles), Rayner Stephens High School (0.7 miles), All Saints Catholic College (0.8 miles) and Alder Community High School (1.5 miles).
Hyde High SchoolRayner Stephens High SchoolAll Saints Catholic CollegeAlder Community High School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from June 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Some aspects are not as strong as at the last graded inspection.
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Pupils are happy to attend this warm and nurturing school. They have strong relationships with staff and they feel well supported. Pupils are keen to please. They have positive attitudes towards school. Adults ensure that pupils feel safe.
Pupils conduct themselves positively around school. For example, children in the early years learn to cooperate well with each other. At breaktimes, pupils are polite and kind towards one another, reflecting the school's values.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school has ensured that there is a strong curriculum in place for reading, including phonics, throughout the early years and key stage 1. In the Reception Year, children's knowledge of sounds builds well. In key stage 1, pupils apply this knowledge to read words and sentences accurately. There is effective support, led by highly trained staff, to help pupils to catch up with the intended curriculum if they need it. As a result, pupils learn to read with increasing fluency and independence.
The school has designed an ambitious curriculum that aims to develop pupils' knowledge in a logical order. However, in subjects other than English and mathematics, the school has not supported teachers well enough to identify and correct misconceptions in pupils' understanding. This means that pupils do not have the secure foundations that they need for their future learning. Furthermore, teachers do not reinforce learning effectively enough to enable pupils to remember some of the key knowledge that they have learned. As a result, in these subjects, there are some gaps in some pupils' knowledge.
From Ofsted's November 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its June 2015 inspection - unchanged since its previous inspection.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
35.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
60 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 80% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 71% to 78% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 77% to 83% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
28.1
Avg class size
29.1
Infant (KS1)
29.0
KS2
23
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Flowery Field Primary School
FROGGY NEWS - 02.10.26
3 Oct 2026
FROGGY NEWS - 25.09.26
26 Sep 2026
Froggy News 18.9.26
18 Sep 2026
Froggy News 11.9.26
11 Sep 2026
Principal Welcome - Froggy News 4.9.26
4 Sep 2026
Y5 Whitby September 2026
4 Sep 2026
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Social & online
Keep up with Flowery Field Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Flowery Field Primary School.
- Rainbow @ Flowery Field SchoolAt the school · Not yet graded
- Progressive Sports890m away · Not yet graded
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Flowery Field Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Flowery Field Primary School is in Tameside; for families living there:
Apply to Tameside for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 14
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 14 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 10 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Tameside is 12 (the median across 111 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
616 pupils
630 places
14 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Hyde
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Hyde
Across Tameside council
Places available
3,050
Applications
2,451
Got 1st preference
95.4%
Got preferred school
98.8%
All primary applications across Tameside council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(3)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
79
SEN Support
21
EHC Plans
15.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
646
Total Pupils
311
Boys
335
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
28
Teachers
23.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£43,580
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,394
Per pupil
£3831k
Total funding
£335k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.7%
Overall absence
14.9%
Persistent absence
544
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Questions parents ask about Flowery Field Primary School
What are SATs results like at Flowery Field Primary School?
Of the pupils at Flowery Field Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 80% reached the expected standard in reading and 78% did so in maths.
What is Flowery Field Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Flowery Field Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in June 2015, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Flowery Field Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Flowery Field Primary School is oversubscribed, Tameside allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Flowery Field Primary School?
Flowery Field Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 98% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at Flowery Field Primary School?
Classes at Flowery Field Primary School average 28.1 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Flowery Field Primary School?
Flowery Field Primary School has around 646 pupils on roll. 35% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Flowery Field Primary School?
5.7% of sessions were missed at Flowery Field Primary School in 2024/25. 14.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Flowery Field Primary School?
Apply through Tameside's coordinated admissions process, naming Flowery Field Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Flowery Field Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Rainbow @ Flowery Field School (registered, not yet graded). There is another within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Flowery Field Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 14 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 10 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Tameside is 12 (the median across 111 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Flowery Field Primary School?
Flowery Field Primary School is at Off Old Road, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4SQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)