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Unity Community Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Free school
Allesley Drive, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M7 4YE · unitycommunityprimary.com · 0161 871 2614
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 47%
- 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
- 363
- 86% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 52.3%
- First language not English
- 78.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Big Life Schools
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, 32 families put the school first and 36 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 | 36 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 46 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼47% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●104 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Unity Community Primary on 28 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 23
- 7% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied