Barton Moss Community Primary School

Barton Moss Community Primary School has been rated as good overall following its first inspection since becoming an academy within the Prestolee Trust. The school has made significant improvements in the quality of education, and the school community embodies a welcoming and supportive environment, with students describing it as a 'Barton Moss family.' High expectations from teachers contribute to students’ positive attitudes, sense of safety, and overall happiness at school. Despite areas for improvement, the commitment from leaders and staff suggests a promising trajectory for the school’s development.

Strengths

• Strong leadership and support from the trust have improved the school environment.
• Pupils exhibit high levels of enjoyment and a strong sense of belonging.
• Teaching of phonics is effective, with a high proportion of pupils meeting the expected standard.
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge, particularly in mathematics.
• Pupils are encouraged to engage with social issues and take on responsibilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum plans lack detail on how to build on early years learning.
• Assessment in certain subjects is not used effectively to inform future learning.
• Recent staff changes have hindered some leaders from evaluating curriculum quality.

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 Barton Moss Community Primary School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.9% 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, 3.6% of pupils at Barton Moss Community 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 Barton Moss Community Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.5% 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, 13.4% of pupils at Barton Moss Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% 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 Barton Moss Community Primary School received £7,750 and spent £7,200 for each of its 222 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £157,000 (£709 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Prestolee Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,887 and spending £6,506 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 · Salford local authority: places and applications

Barton Moss Community Primary School is part of Prestolee Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School Salford
• Mesne Lea Primary School Manchester
• Prestolee Primary School Manchester
• Bowness Primary School Bolton
• The Derby High School Lancs
• Tottington Primary School Bury
• Springside Primary School Bury
• Waterloo Primary School Ashton-Under-Lyne
• Hollingworth Primary School Hyde

What is Barton Moss Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Barton Moss Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Barton Moss Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Barton Moss Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Barton Moss Community Primary School have?

Barton Moss Community Primary School has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does Barton Moss Community Primary School cover?

Barton Moss Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Barton Moss Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Barton Moss Community Primary School?

Barton Moss Community Primary School is at Trippier Road, Peel Green, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7PT.