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Co-op Academy Medlock

Primary Ages 2-11 357 pupils Manchester
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Co-op Academy Medlock is an academy sponsor led in Manchester for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has 357 pupils on roll. In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Wadeson Road
Chorlton-on-Medlock
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M13 9UJ
Phone 01612731830
Reference Number 150612

General Makeup

Number of pupils 357
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.1%
Girls: 47.9%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 57.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 44.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 23.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 26 23 49
2 26 11 37
3 18 23 41
4 23 21 44
5 24 28 52
6 24 19 43

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 13.4%
White, British 13.2%
Pakistani 12.3%
Mixed, Other 7.6%
Caribbean 7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.5%
Asian, Other 4.5%
Unclassified 3.6%
White & Asian 2.5%
White, Other 2%
Chinese 1.4%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Indian 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 54%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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

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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 12 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Co-op Academy Medlock had 348 pupils for 420 places. 72 places (17.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary - Central” planning area

Manchester counted 1,765 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,779 in 2029–30, up 1%.

20242025
Places 420420
Pupils 366348
Unfilled 12.9%17.1%

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 Co-op Academy Medlock attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 3.2%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 2.9%2.1%
Severely absent pupils 0.3%1.9%

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, 1.2% of pupils at Co-op Academy Medlock were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.52.2
Permanent exclusions 00

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 Co-op Academy Medlock had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.8% 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 7.88.9
Teachers who left state teaching 3.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 40.9%–
Sick days per teacher 5.9–

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, 20.2% of pupils at Co-op Academy Medlock were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 50 19
Social, emotional and mental health 8 1
Specific learning difficulty 6 0
No specialist assessment of need 4 0
Moderate learning difficulty 2 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Physical disability 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 Co-op Academy Medlock received £7,965 and spent £7,905 for each of its 397 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £501,000 (£1,263 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of The Co-Operative Academies Trust, income was £9,737 and spending £9,467 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £501,000
per pupil £1,263
In-year balance £24,000
per pupil £60

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 Chrysostom's CofE Primary School
Lincoln Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, M13 0DX
0.61 miles
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Langport Avenue, Longsight, Manchester, M12 4NG
0.76 miles
Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's Centre
33 Epping Street, Manchester, M15 6PA
0.78 miles
Armitage CofE Primary School
Rostron Avenue, Ardwick, Manchester, M12 5NP
0.81 miles
St Anne's RC Primary School
Carruthers Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 7EQ
0.81 miles
Plymouth Grove Primary School
Plymouth Grove West, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Plymouth Grove Primary School, Ardwick, M13 0AQ
0.83 miles
St Philip's Church of England Primary School
Loxford Street, Hulme, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M15 6BT
0.84 miles
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester
Denmark Road, Moss Side, Manchester, M15 6JS
0.85 miles
Co-op Academy New Islington
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0.86 miles
Webster Primary School
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0.89 miles
Ashbury Meadow Primary School
Rylance Street, Beswick, Manchester, M11 3NA
0.96 miles
St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester
Richmond Grove, Longsight, Manchester, M13 0BT
1 miles
Rolls Crescent Primary School
Rolls Crescent, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5FT
1.14 miles
St John's CofE Primary School
Clarence Road, Longsight, Manchester, M13 0YE
1.16 miles
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
Birchvale Close, Hulme, M15 5BJ
1.17 miles
CofE School of the Resurrection
Pilgrim Drive, Beswick, Manchester, M11 3TJ
1.26 miles
Claremont Primary School
Claremont Road, Moss Side, Claremont Primary School, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 7NA
1.27 miles
Crown Street Primary School
19 Silvercroft Street, Manchester, M15 4ZB
1.27 miles
Heald Place Primary School
Heald Place, Rusholme, Heald Place Primary School, Manchester, M14 7PN
1.3 miles
St Brigid's RC Primary School
Grey Mare Lane, Beswick, Manchester, M11 3DR
1.33 miles
Name Distance
Sol Christian Academy
115, Fairfield Street, M12 6EL
0.4 miles
Trinity CofE High School
Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6HP
0.66 miles
Manchester Hospital School
3rd Floor School, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 9WL
0.7 miles
Dean Trust Ardwick
345 Stockport Road, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 0LF
0.88 miles
Manchester Academy
Moss Lane East, Moss Side, Manchester, M14 4PX
0.97 miles
Xaverian College
Lower Park Road, Manchester, M14 5RB
1.05 miles
Abbey College Manchester
5-7 Cheapside, Off King Street, Manchester, M2 4WG
1.08 miles
The Cooperative College
Holyoake House, Manchester, M60 0AS
1.25 miles
Loreto College
Chichester Road, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5PB
1.27 miles
Chetham's School of Music
1.31 miles
The East Manchester Academy
60 Grey Mare Lane, Beswick, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M11 3DS
1.33 miles
IncludEd Learning
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1.36 miles
Connell Co-Op College
301 Alan Turing Way, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M11 3BS
1.44 miles
LTE Group
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1.54 miles
St Peter's RC High School
Kirkmanshulme Lane, Greater Manchester, M12 4WB
1.54 miles
Co-op Academy Belle Vue
450 Hyde Road, Manchester, M12 4BA
1.6 miles
The Manchester Grammar School
Old Hall Lane, Manchester, M13 0XT
1.6 miles
Manchester High School for Girls
Grangethorpe Road, Manchester, M14 6HS
1.62 miles
Afifah School
86 Clifton Street, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 9GN
1.66 miles
Orchard House Specialist High School
6 Sawley Road, Miles Platting, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M40 8EZ
1.67 miles

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Co-op Academy Medlock is part of The Co-Operative Academies Trust, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Co-op Academy Medlock have?

Co-op Academy Medlock has 357 pupils on roll.

What age range does Co-op Academy Medlock cover?

Co-op Academy Medlock for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Co-op Academy Medlock's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Co-op Academy Medlock?

Co-op Academy Medlock is at Wadeson Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M13 9UJ.

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