Bowker Vale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Bowker Vale Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 February 2023. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Bowker Vale Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 105 of the 136 other Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026, Reception drew 43 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 14 of the 84 applications (17%) came from families living outside Manchester, and 8 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 61% (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Manchester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Middleton Road, Higher Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 4NB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 439 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 February 2023
Strengths
- “This school is a happy place to be.”
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, enjoy being part of a warm and caring learning community where everyone is included.”
- “Pupils strive to live up to the Bowker Vale standard, which encourages them to be respectful, honest, fair, proud and kind.”
To improve
- “Recently published key stage 2 information does not accurately reflect how well pupils learn the curriculum.”
- “In some subjects, the strategies that teachers use to check what pupils have learned are less effective.”
- “This makes it harder for teachers to know whether pupils’ knowledge is secure before moving on to new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 61% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 43 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Manchester.
- Crab Lane Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Clare's RC Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crumpsall Lane Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Pike Fold Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King David Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Cravenwood Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- E-ACT Blackley Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester 1.2 mi Good Last distance published