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Middleton Parish Church School

Springfield Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 5DL

Ofsted: Requires improvement

Primary

Phase

446

Capacity

3-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

School history and successor

Continues from Middleton Parish Church School (URN 105821) since 31 August 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 29 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Placed in a category of concern: Serious weaknesses.
Safeguarding standards Met
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Inadequate
Early years
Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25
Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
47.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
0.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected)
65.0%
Writing (Expected)
61.0%
Maths (Expected)
61.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
68.0%
Reading avg scaled score
103.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score
102.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score
103.0
Cohort Size
62

Pupil Demographics

2024-25
Total Pupils
445
Boys
219 (51%)
Girls
213 (49%)
Capacity
446 (97% full)
SEND
25.8%
FSM Eligible
38.2%
EAL
17.3%
SEN with EHC Plan
2.7%
SEN Support
23.1%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio
23.7:1
Teachers (FTE)
18.8
Budget per Pupil
£6,198/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25
Overall Absence Rate
6.5% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence
18.5% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Religious Character
Church of England
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Boarders
No boarders
Admissions
Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25
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  • White British: 59.8%
  • Black African: 17.8%
  • Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.1%
  • Mixed Other: 2.9%
  • Mixed White & Black African: 2.5%
  • Asian Chinese: 2.5%
  • Black Other: 2.5%
  • White Other: 2.3%

59.8%

White British

17.8%

Black African

3.1%

Mixed White & Black Caribbean

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

Springfield Road

Manchester, North West

Administrative

URN
152130
UKPRN
10098902
Establishment No.
2020
Trust
FORWARD AS ONE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

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