Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School, Manchester

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils' achievement is improving over time."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders' approach to ensuring that pupils behave well and attend school regularly is effective."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders know what is working well with the curriculum and which aspects need further refinement."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that children in the early years get off to a positive start."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have strengthened their systems around inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, including those responsible for governance, are knowledgeable about the school and the community that it serves."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "There is a carefully structured programme to promote pupils' personal development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the activities teachers set are matched more closely to pupils' needs so that they are able to build on prior learning and extend their understanding"; "Leaders should further strengthen their work on preparing pupils for life in modern Britain so that pupils gain a deeper understanding of fundamental British values and how this impacts on their life in modern society"; "Leaders should build on their successful strategies to reduce absence rates so that pupils attend school more regularly".

In its own words: "Godfrey Ermen, local cotton mill owner, left money when he died for "the benefit of any charitable philanthropic literary or educational institution . . ."

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 60% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 73% in Salford and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 47% in reading and 38% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School as their first choice and 50 named it as one of their preferences, for 39 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School are Beech Street Community Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 83% reading, 76% maths); Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 67% reading, 69% maths); Lewis Street Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 75% maths); and Christ Church CofE Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 72% reading, 72% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School.

40.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (70%), Mixed (11%) and Black (9%).

In 2026, 79 pupils (20.5%) received SEN support and 6 (1.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Patricroft Rail Station, about 870 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirkman Avenue (near), 290 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School issued 23 suspensions, 5.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School are St Patrick's RC High School (0.5 miles) and Salford City Academy (0.9 miles).