Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery

Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery has been rated as 'Good' overall in its latest inspection, with commendable performance noted in quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school is praised for its supportive and caring environment where pupils feel safe, respected, and are encouraged to engage in various extracurricular activities. However, there are concerns regarding the early years provision, which requires improvement, particularly in preparing children for their transition to Year 1. Inspections highlighted that while the school has set high expectations for all pupils, these expectations are not consistently reflected in early years curriculum development.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a supportive and caring school environment.
• High expectations for pupil achievement are set by school leaders.
• Effective assessment strategies in place to support learning.
• Pupils behave well and adhere to high behavioral standards.
• Strong safeguarding culture with effective practices.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum in early years does not provide a coherent foundation for all areas of learning.
• In some subjects, the curriculum does not adequately outline the small chunks of knowledge needed for ambitious end points.

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 Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.0% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery 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 Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.8% 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, 12.9% of pupils at Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery received £6,488 and spent £6,420 for each of its 442 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £40,000 (£91 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 Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery have?

Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery has 442 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery cover?

Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery?

Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery is at Stones Manor Lane, Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 1NU.