Ashbury Meadow 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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Ashbury Meadow Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Ashbury Meadow 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 4 February 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome was Outstanding, on 30 June 2015.
- In 2024/25, 32% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- Reception 2026 saw 52 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- 49.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester is 51.1%.
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
- Rylance Street, Beswick, Manchester, M11 3NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 465 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Friendly and happy pupils enter this school with big smiles on their faces.”
- “They interact well with one another.”
- “Staff build warm and caring relationships with pupils.”
To improve
- “However, at times, it has not successfully removed some of those barriers.”
- “This means that some pupils, including those in the specially resourced provisions for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), do not achieve as highly as they should.”
- “The school does not identify pupils’ additional needs accurately.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 2025 (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) | 32% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 52 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.
- CofE School of the Resurrection 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Brigid's RC Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's RC Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Armitage CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Park View Community Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy New Islington 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ravensbury Community School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published