Greswell Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester, Tameside·M34 2DH
Composite score
38.1
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National rank
#1720
In North West
#56
In Tameside
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
46%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
48 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
93
any preference, for 50 places
Applications from another council area
4%

Every child who put Greswell Primary School and Nursery 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
455
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£4,424
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Greswell Primary School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Manchester, Tameside, Greswell Primary School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 455 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 46% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on 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 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% 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 Greswell Primary School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% 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. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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