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Cringle Brook Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
388 Slade Lane, Levenshulme M19 2HT · cringlebrook.manchester.sch.uk · 0161 248 1730
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Manchester 58%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.34 mi
- 0.55 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4 · Manchester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 208
- 99% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
- First language not English
- 66.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4” went to a home 0.34 mi (550 m) from the school. Source: Manchester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 64% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 64% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.34 mi0.55 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●106 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Cringle Brook Primary School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 54
- 25% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied