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Kings Road Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Kings Road, Firswood, Manchester M16 0GR · kingsroadschool.com · 0161 881 3571
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trafford 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Trafford Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 638
- 86% of 744 places
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.8%
- First language not English
- 56.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Trafford Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 54 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 82 | 72 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 80 | 71 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 71 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 73 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Trafford it was 72%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Kings Road Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (71 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 71
- 10% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied