Irlam Endowed Primary School

Irlam Endowed Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils are engaged and enjoy their learning experiences, benefiting from a supportive and safe environment. The school culture fosters respect and inclusiveness, and leaders have set high expectations for both behavior and academic achievement. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they are integrated successfully alongside their peers. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in targeted support for reading interventions and the identification of essential subject-specific vocabulary in certain subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a welcoming school environment and feel safe.
• Staff resolve any instances of bullying quickly.
• Leaders have high expectations for pupil achievement.
• The curriculum is ambitious and takes into account pupils' views and local heritage.
• Effective teaching of phonics and a well-structured reading program.
• Pupils engage in a wide range of cultural, sporting, and artistic activities.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they achieve well.
• Teachers create calm and purposeful learning environments.

Areas for Improvement

• Some interventions for reading do not target specific gaps in knowledge.
• In a small number of subjects, pupils lack essential subject-specific vocabulary.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Irlam Endowed Primary School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.7% of pupils at Irlam Endowed Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Irlam Endowed Primary School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.0% of pupils at Irlam Endowed Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 12 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Irlam Endowed Primary School received £8,041 and spent £7,807 for each of its 226 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £125,000 (£554 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Irlam Endowed Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Irlam Endowed Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Irlam Endowed Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Irlam Endowed Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Irlam Endowed Primary School have?

Irlam Endowed Primary School has 226 pupils on roll.

What age range does Irlam Endowed Primary School cover?

Irlam Endowed Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Irlam Endowed Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Irlam Endowed Primary School?

Irlam Endowed Primary School is at Chapel Road, Irlam, Manchester, M44 6EE.