Godley Community Primary Academy

Godley Community Primary Academy is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard of education since its previous inspection. The school has fostered a strong community feeling among pupils, staff, and parents, promoting respect and kindness. Leaders have high expectations for student achievement, which is reflected in the engagement and behavior of pupils. They offer a rich array of enrichment activities that support personal development, helping students to become well-rounded individuals prepared for their futures. The school is particularly noted for its effective reading program, which is well-implemented from the early years onwards.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate outstanding behavior and attitudes.
• There is a strong sense of community and pride in the school.
• Leaders maintain high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• The school provides a broad range of enrichment activities for personal development.
• The reading program is effectively implemented and supports fluent reading.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not retain learning securely in long-term memory in certain 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 Godley Community Primary Academy attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% 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 Godley Community 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 Godley Community Primary Academy had 31.6 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, 10.9% of pupils at Godley Community Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Godley Community Primary Academy received £6,563 and spent £6,520 for each of its 227 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £11,000 (-£47 per pupil).

Across all 32 schools of The Enquire Learning Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £7,034 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 Hyde · Tameside local authority: places and applications

Godley Community Primary Academy is part of The Enquire Learning Trust, which runs 32 schools. The nearest others:

• Endeavour Primary Academy Hyde
• Flowery Field Primary School Hyde
• Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision Hyde
• Bradley Green Primary Academy Hyde
• Dowson Primary Academy Hyde
• Linden Road Academy Tameside
• Moorside Primary School Manchester
• Manchester Road Primary Academy Manchester
• Broughton Primary Academy Brigg
• Buckingham Primary Academy Hull

What is Godley Community Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Godley Community Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Godley Community Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Godley Community Primary Academy was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Godley Community Primary Academy have?

Godley Community Primary Academy has 248 pupils on roll.

What age range does Godley Community Primary Academy cover?

Godley Community Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Godley Community Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Godley Community Primary Academy?

Godley Community Primary Academy is at St John's Drive, Godley, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 2QB.