Flixton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Manchester, Trafford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Trafford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Flixton Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Trafford for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2024. Trafford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Flixton 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 |
| Reception 2025 | 0.546 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | 0.980 mi |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | 0.630201513 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, there were 49 first-choice applications for 55 offers, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception, every applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 3 of the 5 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2024/25, 79% in reading, writing and maths was the highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Trafford that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Trafford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Delamere Road, Flixton, Manchester, M41 5QL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Trafford
- Pupils on roll
- 439 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to belong to this warm and friendly school.”
- “They particularly value the positive relationships that they forge with staff.”
- “Pupils are kind to each other.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas of learning, this work is at an earlier stage.”
- “In these areas, some children in the early years are not as well prepared for their future learning as they should be.”
- “However, in some subjects, the school’s approach to checking that pupils remember their learning over time does not reflect the important knowledge in the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 2024 (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) | 79% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 49 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 Trafford.
- St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Monica's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodhouse Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Acre Hall Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Urmston Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- English Martyrs' RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published