Boarshaw Community Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Stanycliffe Lane
Middleton
Stanycliffe Lane Middleton Manchester
Manchester
M24 2PB
Phone 01616539536
Reference Number 105787

Boarshaw Community Primary School continues to perform well as a good school with a welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and happy. The leadership has set high expectations for behavior and achievement, which pupils appreciate and strive to meet. The curriculum is ambitious and broad, enabling good academic outcomes, although some subjects lack clarity in their curriculum planning. Positive extra-curricular activities and supportive staff contribute significantly to the school’s strong community atmosphere.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 468
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.28%
Girls: 48.72%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 41.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 26.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 40 36 76
2 29 29 58
3 31 30 61
4 34 29 63
5 30 27 57
6 34 30 64

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 47.6%
African 22.4%
White, Other 5.6%
Pakistani 5.1%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
White & Black (African) 2.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.4%
Indian 2.4%
Chinese 1.5%
White & Asian 1.5%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 12 Oct 2022
Date Report
12 Oct 2022 School inspection
12 Oct 2016 Full inspection:
07 Oct 2014 Full inspection:
29 Apr 2014 Monitoring visit
05 Feb 2014 Full inspection:
17 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
06 Feb 2008 Full inspection:
17 May 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils feel safe and cared for at school.
  • Leaders have high expectations for behavior and achievement.
  • A broad and ambitious curriculum is designed to meet pupils' needs.
  • Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • A strong emphasis on teaching reading with access to high-quality books.

Areas for Improvement

  • Lack of clarity in curriculum planning for a small number of subjects.
  • Governors lack the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively challenge and support leadership.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 56%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 102
Maths 104

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.5
Writing 1.5
Maths 3

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 28 6
Third Preference 24 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
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