Wild Bank Primary School

Wild Bank Primary is currently rated as requiring improvement overall, marking its first inspection under the current framework since becoming part of the Victorious Academies Trust. While the school is a nurturing environment where pupils enjoy strong relationships with staff and each other, the academic performance, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics, has fallen short. Recent improvements in the curriculum show promise, especially in the early years, but many pupils continue to experience gaps in their learning due to the previous curriculum's weaknesses.

Strengths

• Children settle well in the early years.
• Pupils have positive attitudes to their learning.
• Strong relationships exist between pupils and staff.
• Effective measures are in place to promote regular attendance.
• Pupils participate in extra-curricular activities and competitions.
• The school has established a coherent PSHE education program.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum knowledge is not clearly defined in many subjects.
• Teachers' assessments in key stages 1 and 2 are ineffective.
• Some pupils with SEND do not receive adequate support.
• Support for early readers is insufficient for catching up.

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 Wild Bank Primary School attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.4% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Wild Bank 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 Wild Bank Primary School had 16.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 28.3% 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, 30.8% of pupils at Wild Bank Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.3% 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 Wild Bank Primary School received £9,818 and spent £10,310 for each of its 132 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £284,000 (£2,150 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Victorious Academies Trust, income was £6,986 and spending £6,999 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 Stalybridge · Tameside local authority: places and applications

Wild Bank Primary School is part of Victorious Academies Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Inspire Academy Tameside
• Yew Tree Primary School Dukinfield
• Buckton Vale Primary School Stalybridge
• Arundale Primary School Hyde
• Lyndhurst Primary School Dukinfield
• Discovery Academy Hyde
• Pinfold Primary School Hyde
• Holden Clough Primary School Ashton-Under-Lyne
• St Anne's Primary School Manchester
• Gamesley Primary and Nursery School Glossop

What is Wild Bank Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wild Bank Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Wild Bank Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wild Bank Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Wild Bank Primary School have?

Wild Bank Primary School has 133 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wild Bank Primary School cover?

Wild Bank Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wild Bank Primary School?

Wild Bank Primary School is at Demesne Drive, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 2PG.