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Whitefield Community Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 170 pupils Manchester
Ofsted: Good
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Whitefield Community Primary School is an academy converter in Manchester for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 170 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Whitefield Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2021 of its predecessor, Whitefield Community Primary School. In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Victoria Avenue
Whitefield
Manchester
M45 6DP
Phone 01617662852
Reference Number 150487

General Makeup

Number of pupils 170
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.53%
Girls: 46.47%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 43.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 51.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 14
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 10 4 14
2 12 12 24
3 10 19 29
4 11 10 21
5 14 9 23
6 23 6 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 34.7%
Pakistani 12.9%
White, Other 10%
White & Asian 6.5%
African 6.5%
Indian 5.3%
Mixed, Other 2.9%
Chinese 2.4%
White & Black (African) 1.8%
Caribbean 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Asian, Other 0.6%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Whitefield Community Primary School, inspected in November 2021.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Apr 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 63%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 13%

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 103
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 0
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Whitefield Community Primary School had 172 pupils for 210 places. 38 places (18.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Whitefield and Unsworth Primary” planning area

Bury counted 326 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 252 in 2029–30, down 23%.

20242025
Places 174210
Pupils 180172
Unfilled 0.0%18.1%

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 Whitefield Community Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.8%
Unauthorised absence 1.2%
Severely absent pupils 1.7%

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, 1.6% of pupils at Whitefield Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 5.3
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Whitefield Community Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 11.510.8
Teachers who left state teaching 11.9%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 40.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.2–

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, 15.3% of pupils at Whitefield Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Specific learning difficulty 17 0
Speech, language and communication needs 6 4
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 4
Social, emotional and mental health 2 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Whitefield Community Primary School received £8,296 and spent £7,344 for each of its 185 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £330,000 (£1,789 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of The Collective Community Trust, income was £7,183 and spending £6,813 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £330,000
per pupil £1,789
In-year balance £176,000
per pupil £952

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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Whitefield Community Primary School is part of The Collective Community Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

What is Whitefield Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Whitefield Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2021 of its predecessor, Whitefield Community Primary School.

When was Whitefield Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Whitefield Community Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Whitefield Community Primary School have?

Whitefield Community Primary School has 170 pupils on roll.

What age range does Whitefield Community Primary School cover?

Whitefield Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Whitefield Community Primary School?

Whitefield Community Primary School is at Victoria Avenue, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6DP.

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