Abbey Hey Primary Academy

Abbey Hey Primary Academy is performing well overall, with a consistent grading of 'Good' across all key areas such as the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and personal development. The school prides itself on knowing its pupils well and fostering a safe and supportive environment where students are encouraged to work hard and engage with their education. The positive community links and the focus on personal development help create a robust learning atmosphere that parents and students appreciate. Although the school has achieved notable successes in reading and mathematics, there are still areas for improvement, particularly in implementing the curriculum effectively in some foundation subjects.

Strengths

• Strong staff commitment to children's education and well-being.
• Effective teaching of phonics leading to confident readers.
• Well-planned mathematics instruction resulting in good pupil progress.
• Strong relationships between staff and students in early years.
• Good community links that enhance the school experience.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of curriculum plans in science and geography.
• Need for greater teacher confidence in delivering foundation subjects.

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 Abbey Hey Primary Academy attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.7% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Abbey Hey Primary Academy 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 Abbey Hey Primary Academy had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% 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, 15.1% of pupils at Abbey Hey Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.0% 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 2024–25 Abbey Hey Primary Academy received £7,329 and spent £7,227 for each of its 675 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £603,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 93 schools of United Learning Trust, income was £8,687 and spending £8,616 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Manchester · Manchester local authority: places and applications

Abbey Hey Primary Academy is part of United Learning Trust, which runs 98 schools. The nearest others:

• Manchester Academy Manchester
• William Hulme's Grammar School Manchester
• Marlborough Road Academy Salford
• Stockport Academy Stockport
• Cravenwood Primary Academy Manchester
• Brentnall Academy Salford
• The Albion Academy Salford
• Sale High School Sale
• Salford City Academy Manchester
• The Lowry Academy Manchester

What is Abbey Hey Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Abbey Hey Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Abbey Hey Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Abbey Hey Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Abbey Hey Primary Academy have?

Abbey Hey Primary Academy has 667 pupils on roll.

What age range does Abbey Hey Primary Academy cover?

Abbey Hey Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Abbey Hey Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Abbey Hey Primary Academy?

Abbey Hey Primary Academy is at Abbey Hey Lane, Gorton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M18 8PF.