North Walkden Primary School

School overview

North Walkden Primary School is a primary school serving Manchester, Salford, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 231 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated North Walkden Primary School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 34% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 27.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering North Walkden Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.