Button Lane Primary School

Button Lane Primary School provides a supportive and inclusive learning environment where pupils feel safe and valued. The school has demonstrated strong performance across various aspects of education, including behaviour, personal development, and leadership. Notably, leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum catering to all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). While most pupils achieve well, there have been some impacts on key stage one writing assessments due to previous staff instability and the pandemic. However, effective interventions have been implemented to address these gaps in learning.

Strengths

• Warm and welcoming environment where pupils feel cared for
• Strong leadership and high expectations for behaviour
• Ambitious curriculum designed for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Effective phonics curriculum leading to fluent reading among pupils
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils contributing to effective learning
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities enhancing learning and personal development

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, key knowledge for long-term retention is not clearly identified
• Assessment strategies in some foundation subjects are not precise enough

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 Button Lane Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.9% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Button Lane 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 Button Lane Primary School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 9.9% of pupils at Button Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% 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 Button Lane Primary School received £8,221 and spent £8,554 for each of its 385 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £38,000 (£99 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 Button Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Button Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Button Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Button Lane Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Button Lane Primary School have?

Button Lane Primary School has 385 pupils on roll.

What age range does Button Lane Primary School cover?

Button Lane Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Button Lane Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 49% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Button Lane Primary School?

Button Lane Primary School is at Button Lane, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0ND.