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Wilbraham Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 579 pupils Manchester
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Wilbraham Primary School is an academy converter in Manchester for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 579 pupils on roll. In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Platt Lane
Fallowfield
Manchester
M14 7FB
Phone 01612243900
Reference Number 145439

General Makeup

Number of pupils 579
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.09%
Girls: 49.91%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 61%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 62.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.1
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 42 36 78
2 39 44 83
3 43 32 75
4 38 45 83
5 38 52 90
6 31 30 61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 25.6%
African 12.1%
White, British 7.8%
Mixed, Other 7.8%
Asian, Other 4.8%
Indian 3.6%
White, Other 2.6%
White & Asian 2.2%
White & Black (African) 2.1%
Caribbean 1.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 14 Sep 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
14 Sep 2022 School inspection
05 Apr 2018 Academy conversion letter
04 Jul 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Wilbraham Primary School
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
23 Sep 2008 Curriculum and development visit
22 Apr 2008 Full inspection:
21 Jun 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 56%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 104

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.2
Writing -1.1
Maths -1.6

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 23 5
Third Preference 23 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Wilbraham Primary School had 563 pupils for 630 places. 67 places (10.6%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary - South” planning area

Manchester counted 1,396 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,321 in 2029–30, down 5%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 630630630630630630630
Pupils 622624578586580582563
Unfilled 1.3%1.0%8.3%7.0%7.9%7.6%10.6%

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 Wilbraham Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.4%2.7%5.1%5.7%4.8%4.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%1.2%1.8%2.4%2.5%1.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.7%1.3%0.4%0.6%1.0%1.0%

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, 0.2% of pupils at Wilbraham Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.90.90.50.00.20.90.3
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Wilbraham Primary School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.89.89.09.510.59.79.69.6
Teachers who left state teaching 3.4%3.2%4.9%5.5%2.9%0.0%1.9%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 70.0%–73.2%82.9%84.2%71.8%61.0%–
Sick days per teacher 4.3–4.49.34.75.16.3–

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, 12.1% of pupils at Wilbraham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 39 17
Social, emotional and mental health 9 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 7
No specialist assessment of need 8 0
Specific learning difficulty 5 0
Hearing impairment 3 0
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Physical disability 1 2

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 Wilbraham Primary School received £7,397 and spent £7,517 for each of its 626 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £355,000 (£567 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of The Aspire Educational Trust, income was £6,867 and spending £6,913 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £209,000£312,000£293,000£317,000£319,000£350,000£355,000
per pupil £301£448£453£480£489£552£567
In-year balance -£71,000£81,000-£51,000£181,000-£76,000-£38,000-£76,000
per pupil -£103£117-£80£274-£117-£59-£121

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.

Name Distance
St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Bethnall Drive, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 7ED
0.28 miles
The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School
20 Blue Moon Way, Rusholme, Manchester, M14 7SH
0.34 miles
Claremont Primary School
Claremont Road, Moss Side, Claremont Primary School, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 7NA
0.44 miles
Heald Place Primary School
Heald Place, Rusholme, Heald Place Primary School, Manchester, M14 7PN
0.46 miles
Old Moat Primary School
Old Moat Lane, Withington, Manchester, M20 3FN
0.81 miles
St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme
Cromwell Range, Birch-in-Rusholme, St James C of E Primary School, Manchester, M14 6HW
0.85 miles
Webster Primary School
Denmark Road, Greenheys, Manchester, M15 6JU
0.89 miles
St Margaret's CofE Primary School
Withington Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8FQ
0.93 miles
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester
Denmark Road, Moss Side, Manchester, M15 6JS
0.97 miles
St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School
Adscombe Street, Off Alexandra Road, Moss Side, Manchester, M16 7AQ
1 miles
St Paul's CofE Primary School
St Paul's Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4PG
1.08 miles
St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School
Lincoln Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, M13 0DX
1.26 miles
Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester
Whalley Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8AW
1.26 miles
Cavendish Primary School
Cavendish Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M20 1JG
1.3 miles
Birchfields Primary School
Lytham Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 6PL
1.31 miles
Manley Park Primary School
College Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 0AA
1.33 miles
St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy
Heyscroft Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4UZ
1.34 miles
Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's Centre
33 Epping Street, Manchester, M15 6PA
1.36 miles
West Didsbury CE Primary School
Central Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M20 4ZA
1.38 miles
Rolls Crescent Primary School
Rolls Crescent, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5FT
1.39 miles
Name Distance
William Hulme's Grammar School
Spring Bridge Road, Manchester, M16 8PR
0.5 miles
Whalley Range 11-18 High School
Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M16 8GW
0.51 miles
Manchester High School for Girls
Grangethorpe Road, Manchester, M14 6HS
0.58 miles
Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys
Hartley Hall, Alexandra Road South, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, M16 8NH
0.65 miles
Withington Girls' School
Wellington Road, Manchester, M14 6BL
0.7 miles
St Bede's College
0.73 miles
Manchester Academy
Moss Lane East, Moss Side, Manchester, M14 4PX
0.76 miles
Xaverian College
Lower Park Road, Manchester, M14 5RB
0.84 miles
Manchester Hospital School
3rd Floor School, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 9WL
1.06 miles
The Manchester Grammar School
Old Hall Lane, Manchester, M13 0XT
1.1 miles
IncludEd Learning
8 Alexandra Road South, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8ER
1.1 miles
CHS South
451 Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 7SX
1.15 miles
Loreto College
Chichester Road, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5PB
1.28 miles
Trinity CofE High School
Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6HP
1.3 miles
Didsbury High School
4 the Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2ET
1.34 miles
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central
Lytham Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M14 6PL
1.35 miles
Chorlton High School
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 7SL
1.35 miles
Loreto High School Chorlton
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7SW
1.4 miles
SMS Changing Lives School
Unit 2, Aniseed Park, Oldham Broadway Business Park, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL9 9XA
1.43 miles
Afifah School
86 Clifton Street, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 9GN
1.5 miles

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Wilbraham Primary School is part of The Aspire Educational Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Wilbraham Primary School have?

Wilbraham Primary School has 579 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wilbraham Primary School cover?

Wilbraham Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wilbraham Primary School?

Wilbraham Primary School is at Platt Lane, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 7FB.

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