Pike Fold 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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Pike Fold 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 9 February 2023. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Pike Fold 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
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 105 of the 136 other Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Reception had 48 first-choice applications for 52 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 44.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester is 56.7%.
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
- Old Market Street, Blackley, Manchester, M9 8QP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 435 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to attend Pike Fold Primary School.”
- “They know that leaders have high expectations of what they can achieve, both at school and beyond.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are taught how to behave well.”
To improve
- “However, in a few other subjects, leaders have not identified the knowledge that they want pupils to learn at each stage in sufficient detail.”
- “This means that occasionally some pupils’ learning does not build securely on what they know already.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 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) | 57% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 48 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.
- Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crab Lane Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crumpsall Lane Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Irk Valley Community School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Clare's RC Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Harpur Mount 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- E-ACT Blackley Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published