Meadowbank Primary School, Manchester

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Meadowbank Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 79% in Wigan and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 72% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 31 families put Meadowbank Primary School as their first choice and 52 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Meadowbank Primary School are St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton (under 0.1 miles, Good, 54% reading, 75% maths); Atherton St George's CofE Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 78% reading, 76% maths); St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); and Chowbent Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 61% reading, 54% maths).

Meadowbank Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

49.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 25.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (68%), Black (10%) and Asian (5%).

In 2026, 54 pupils (24.5%) received SEN support and 26 (11.8%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

Meadowbank Primary School has a resourced provision (8 places, 8 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (8 places, 7 pupils on roll) for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment and moderate learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Hag Fold Rail Station, about 580 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Medical Centre (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Meadowbank 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, Meadowbank Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Meadowbank Primary School are Atherton High School (0.5 miles), Fred Longworth High School (1.2 miles) and Westhoughton High School (1.7 miles).