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Wesley Methodist Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Forth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester M26 4PX · wesleymethodistprimary.co.uk · 0161 723 3416
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bury 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bury Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 320
- 5 over 315 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Bury
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.1%
- First language not English
- 2.5%
- 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: Bury Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 40 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 | 40 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 53 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Bury it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105329)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Wesley Methodist Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105329), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105329)
Feb 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105329)
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (84 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 84
- 27% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (30%) with SEND