Chorlton CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Manchester·M21 9JA
Composite score
69.6
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#1,818
National rank
#225
In North West
#6
In Manchester
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
82%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
122
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
12%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
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1 per place
0.9620220.9120230.9720241.0720251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Chorlton CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
230
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,945
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Chorlton CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Manchester, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 230 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 82% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Chorlton CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 25.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Chorlton CofE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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