Manor Green Primary Academy, Manchester

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Manor Green Primary Academy on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders are resolute in their drive to ensure that pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have taken decisive steps to ensure that pupils benefit from a curriculum that prioritises basic knowledge and skills in reading, writing and mathematics."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years, including those who attend the specially resourced provision for pupils with special educational needs, settle quickly, They are well supported to develop their confidence and independence."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Supporting pupils to overcome obstacles to their learning or wellbeing is central to the work of the school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Working closely with the trust, leaders have taken decisive action to address previous weaknesses in the school's offer to its pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Developing pupils' confidence, broadening their experiences and supporting their wellbeing sits at the heart of the school's work."

Achievement - Needs attention. "The results of national tests have been below average for several years."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to take action to ensure that pupils, particularly those who are disadvantaged, who have not secured the necessary foundational knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics receive appropriate support to secure this knowledge, so that pupils' achievement in national assessments is further improved"; "Leaders should ensure that they support staff to further develop their use of checks on pupils' prior learning in subjects beyond English and mathematics, so that pupils' new learning builds securely on what they already know"; "Leaders should continue to take action to further reduce levels of absence for pupils, including for those pupils who are persistently absent".

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils at Manor Green Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 58% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Tameside and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 64% in reading and 64% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Manor Green Primary Academy as their first choice and 29 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 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 Manor Green Primary Academy are Corrie Primary School (0.3 miles); St John Fisher RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Denton (0.5 miles); Greswell Primary School and Nursery (0.7 miles); and Linden Road Academy (0.9 miles, Good, 86% reading, 83% maths).

Manor Green Primary Academy is one of 15 schools run by Focus Academy Trust (uk) Ltd, an academy trust.

47.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 66 pupils (25.2%) received SEN support and 19 (7.3%) 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.

Manor Green Primary Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 20 places, 11 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Woodley Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Manor Green Primary Academy (outside), 20 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Manor Green Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Manor Green Primary Academy issued 9 suspensions, 3.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Manor Green Primary Academy are St Thomas More RC College (0.7 miles) and Denton Community Academy (1.4 miles).