Seymour Road Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Manchester·M11 4PR
Composite score
58.5
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#4,395
National rank
#574
In North West
#25
In Manchester
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
44 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
93
any preference, for 45 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.0020231.0020240.8820250.982026

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

Every child who put Seymour Road Academy 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
458
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
66.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
37.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,448
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Seymour Road Academy is a primary school serving Manchester, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 458 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 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 top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Seymour Road Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 44 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 66% 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. Seymour Road Academy 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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