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Seymour Road Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Seymour Road South, Manchester M11 4PR · seymourroad.manchester.sch.uk · 0161 370 2616
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Manchester 58%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Manchester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 448
- 28 over 420 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 68.3%
- First language not English
- 37.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Wise Owl Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Manchester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 45 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 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Manchester it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 10 July 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Seymour Road Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 9 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 18
- 4% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (56%) with SEND