Cavendish Primary School
Cavendish Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 1JG
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Cavendish Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs J Taylor
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Manchester Withington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 720
- Pupils on roll
- 653
- URN
- 105403
- Local authority
- Manchester
About this school
Cavendish Primary School was a community primary school in Manchester. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 653 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Cavendish 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 | 88 | 89 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 51% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 9% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 64% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 69% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 70% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Cavendish 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 | Manchester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 52.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 702 |
| 2023/24 | 683 |
| 2024/25 | 653 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cavendish Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4.3% | 34% | 653 | — |
| Cavendish Primary School | — | — | — | 576 | 0.0 miles |
| West Didsbury CE Primary School | 73% | 4.2% | 15.5% | 402 | 0.3 miles |
| Old Moat Primary School | 64% | 5.1% | 64.1% | 387 | 0.5 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | 71% | 5.1% | 38.1% | 329 | 0.6 miles |
| St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.8 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)
- 33.98%
- English as an additional language
- 29.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.28%
- Persistent absence
- 9.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cavendish Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
West Didsbury CE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Old Moat Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
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St Paul's CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
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St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Manchester
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 ages does Cavendish Primary School teach?
- Cavendish Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Manchester.
- Has Cavendish Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cavendish 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 many pupils are at Cavendish Primary School?
- Cavendish Primary School had 653 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Cavendish Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Cavendish Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cavendish 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 31 August 2025.