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St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Patterdale Road, Northenden, Manchester M22 4NR · thrive-stw.com · 0161 998 3663
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 43%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Manchester 58%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 340
- 98% of 347 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.9%
- First language not English
- 15.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 44 places were offered; 98% 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 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 48 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 38 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 43% 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 | |||
| ▼43% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105549)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 25 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105549), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
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 May 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105549)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (66 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 66
- 20% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied