Sedgley Park Community Primary School
Kings Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0HT
This school is closed (it closed in February 2025).
It was replaced by Sedgley Park Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Forrester
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bury South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 271
- Pupils on roll
- 260
- URN
- 105308
- Local authority
- Bury
About this school
Sedgley Park Community Primary School was a community primary school in Manchester. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 260 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Sedgley Park Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 41 | 39 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 62% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 8% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 72% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 72% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sedgley Park Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bury average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 58.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 305 |
| 2023/24 | 290 |
| 2024/25 | 260 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sedgley Park Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 6.4% | 25% | 260 | — |
| Sedgley Park Community Primary School | — | — | — | 242 | 0.0 miles |
| St Philip's RC Primary School | 77% | 3.4% | 16% | 354 | 0.3 miles |
| Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy | 70% | 6.2% | 3.4% | 437 | 0.4 miles |
| Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy | 72% | 5.9% | 1.6% | 423 | 0.4 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | 70% | 5.9% | 35.9% | 191 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25%
- English as an additional language
- 85%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 17.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sedgley Park Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Philip's RC Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Salford
-
Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Paul's CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Salford
Other schools in Manchester
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primary
- Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Acacias Community Primary School Primary
- Acre Hall Primary School Primary
- Aldwyn Primary School Primary
- Alkrington Primary School Primary
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Primary
- All Saints Primary School Primary
- Alma Park Primary School Primary
- Armitage CofE Primary School Primary
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sedgley Park Community Primary School teach?
- Sedgley Park Community Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Manchester.
- Has Sedgley Park Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Sedgley Park Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Sedgley Park Community Primary School?
- Sedgley Park Community Primary School had 260 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Sedgley Park Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Sedgley Park Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sedgley Park Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.