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Greswell Primary School and Nursery

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

personMr John Cooper

location_onManchester, M34 2DH

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2023

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Students

439

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Expected Standard

46%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Greswell Primary School and Nursery is a Community school primary school in Manchester, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.0×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 83% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Greswell Primary School and Nursery is a community school in Manchester, Tameside, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 439 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #56 of 74 primaries in Tameside and #10,802 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.0× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 17.8%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 1.3 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)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 59%

Reading71% LA 74%

Writing68% LA 68%

Maths51% LA 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

45%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading60% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing60% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths62% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading73% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing67% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths72% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.4

Read

LA -0.1

-3.0 to 0.2

-1.0

Write

LA -0.8

-2.5 to 0.6

-0.5

Maths

LA 0.0

-2.0 to 1.0

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

59%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading61% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing86% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths73% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.6

Read

LA 0.7

-2.2 to 1.0

3.2

Write

LA 0.3

1.7 to 4.6

-0.9

Maths

LA 0.9

-2.2 to 0.5

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 62%

Reading75% LA 72%

Writing81% LA 77%

Maths73% LA 74%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.2

-0.6 to 2.6

1.7

Write

LA 0.3

0.1 to 3.3

0.8

Maths

LA 0.6

-0.7 to 2.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 December 2024

Inspection Report

26 September 2023

Inspection Report

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13 March 2018

Inspection Report

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19 November 2013

Inspection Report

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08 February 2011

Inspection Report

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30 June 2008

Inspection Report

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14 June 2004

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2023-09-26

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2018-03-13

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2013-11-19

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2011-02-08

None EIF

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

1.1%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.9%(4 pupils)

Summer term 2024

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

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 441 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.1%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	441	5	1.1%	0.8%	1
2023/24 (Spring term)	445	3	0.7%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	442	9	2.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	439	13	3.0%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	439	2	0.5%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	433	5	1.2%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	451	9	2.0%	0.5%	1
2021/22 (Spring term)	451	12	2.7%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	453	4	0.9%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	449	3	0.7%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	446	1	0.2%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	434	7	1.6%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	458	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	458	1	0.2%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	449	2	0.4%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	471	4	0.8%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	469	2	0.4%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	460	2	0.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	465	2	0.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	460	6	1.3%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	450	6	1.3%	0.5%	1
2016/17 (Summer term)	473	7	1.5%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	472	9	1.9%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	473	6	1.3%	0.5%	1