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Beaver Road Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Beaver Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6SX · beaverroad.org.uk · 0161 445 9337
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,084
- 34 over 1,050 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 15.3%
- First language not English
- 28.3%
- 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: Manchester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 131 families put the school first and 139 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 | 139 | 131 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 149 | 155 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 139 | 134 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 138 | 128 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 145 | 138 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 20% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲20% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Beaver Road Primary School on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Mar 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (233 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 233
- 22% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 42 parents (18%) with SEND