Park View Primary School, Manchester

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades Park View 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. "Leaders make sure that pupils typically build secure knowledge and skills from the early years onwards."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders make attendance a priority."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have acted swiftly to improve the curriculum and teaching since September."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders make sure that the early years curriculum prepares children well for their future learning."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders know pupils well and understand the barriers that some of them face."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have been at the school for a relatively short time."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders give pupils' personal development a high priority."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should make sure that their work to improve the curriculum, assessment and the use of pupil premium funding leads to disadvantaged pupils achieving as well as their peers, particularly in reading and mathematics"; "Leaders should make sure that all activities in the early years consistently extend children's learning, so that children build knowledge and skills as effectively as possible across all areas of learning".

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Park View Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 77% in Bury and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 75% in reading and 65% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put Park View Primary School as their first choice and 119 named it as one of their preferences, for 40 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 Park View Primary School are Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 85% reading, 79% maths); Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 85% reading, 83% maths); St Hilda's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 60% reading, 65% maths); and St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 79% reading, 76% maths).

Park View Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Park View Primary School is one of 5 schools run by The Keep Learning Trust, an academy trust.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Heaton Park (Manchester Metrolink), about 750 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Park View Road (near), 130 metres away.

In 2024/25, Park View Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 1.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Park View Primary School are Manchester Mesivta School (0.1 miles); St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles); The Heys School (0.6 miles); and Parrenthorn High School (1.4 miles).