Aldwyn Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester, Tameside·M34 5SF
Composite score
52.6
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#6,317
National rank
#848
In North West
#19
In Tameside
Top 43%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
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%
47 first choices, 48 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
89
any preference, for 48 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
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1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.9520241.0020250.982026

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

Every child who put Aldwyn 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
429
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,765
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Aldwyn Primary School at a glance

Located in Manchester, Tameside, Aldwyn Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 429 pupils aged 3 to 11. 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 marks an improvement of 2.0 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 43% 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). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Aldwyn Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 47 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 24.1 pupils per teacher. Aldwyn 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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