Ofsted: Outstanding trending_up High Demand emoji_events #24 in Salford public Top 7% UK

James Brindley Community Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

person Mr Chris Moore (Headteacher)

location_onManchester, M28 7HE

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2016

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Students

253

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Expected Standard

83%

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Demand Ratio

1.9x

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James Brindley Community Primary School is a Community school primary school in Manchester, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Highly competitive: 1.9× more applications than places — plan well ahead. Ranks in the top 7% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

James Brindley Community Primary School is a community school in Manchester, Salford, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 253 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 10% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #24 of 77 primaries in Salford and #4,277 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.9× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 24.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 21.2%.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

83%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading100% LA 72% · Eng 74%

Writing83% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths93% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

111

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

112

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

81%

LA 53%England 60%

Reading93% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Writing86% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths93% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

110

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.0

Read

LA -0.6

0.0 to 3.9

0.2

Write

LA -0.9

-1.6 to 2.1

0.8

Maths

LA -0.4

-1.0 to 2.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

83%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading83% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing93% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths100% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.0

Read

LA 0.4

-2.3 to 2.2

0.6

Write

LA 0.4

-1.4 to 2.7

0.6

Maths

LA 0.4

-1.4 to 2.5

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

72%

LA 63%

Reading84% LA 73%

Writing81% LA 76%

Maths79% LA 75%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1

Read

LA 0.4

-2.5 to 0.5

-1.4

Write

LA 0.3

-2.9 to 0.1

-2

Maths

LA 0.6

-3.4 to -0.6

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Ranking History & Trajectory

National & Local Authority position based on DfE performance data · Methodology

Year	Primary Overall (Nat)	LA Rank	Attainment	Progress
2024	#4,277 / 15,713	#24	#957	#1
2023	#2,464 / 15,253	#16	#1	#4,841
2019	#7,701 / 13,571	#52	#1	#5,861
2018	#9,261 / 12,625	#62	#1	#9,936

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-11-03

Maintained Academy and School Short inspection Legacy

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

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2011-11-15

None Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2023

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 251 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.7%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2022/23 (Summer term)	251	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	253	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	248	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	252	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	250	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	251	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	249	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	249	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	252	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	251	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	251	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	252	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	251	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	249	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	249	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	277	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	278	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	277	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	272	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	271	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	270	0.0%	0.5%