Denton West End Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Tameside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Denton West End Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Tameside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Denton West End 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 1.006 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 11.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Tameside.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 49 first-choice applications for 56 offers; 24 of the 88 applications (27%) came from families outside Tameside, and 13 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tameside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Balmoral Drive, Denton, Manchester, M34 2JX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 436 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They learn the ‘golden rule’ of treating each other as they want to be treated; for example, they are kind to each other.”
- “Pupils are happy and well cared for.”
To improve
- “However, in other subjects the school has not thought as carefully about the essential knowledge that pupils should remember over time.”
- “When pupils revisit their learning, staff sometimes do not emphasise the most important information that pupils should know.”
- “This means that some pupils develop gaps in their learning which are not swiftly identified.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 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: 49 first-preference applications, 56 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 Tameside.
- Dane Bank Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greswell Primary School and Nursery 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Russell Scott Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Audenshaw Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fairfield Road Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Corrie Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published