New Moston Primary School
Moston Lane East, New Moston, Manchester, M40 3QJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Stewart
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 590
- Pupils on roll
- 487
- URN
- 105432
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01616813321
About this school
New Moston Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 487 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 74 | 72 | 74 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 39% | 40% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 71% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 50% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 68% | 55% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.90 | - | - |
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 New Moston 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 | 39% | 52.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 554 |
| 2023/24 | 544 |
| 2024/25 | 505 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How New Moston Primary School compares
New Moston Primary School ranked 105th of 125 primary schools in Manchester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 6.8% | 42.3% | 487 | — |
| Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School | 39% | 4.8% | 23.4% | 208 | 0.4 miles |
| St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 334 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston | 31% | 4% | 55.3% | 235 | 0.6 miles |
| Mather Street Primary School | 45% | 6.8% | 56.3% | 204 | 0.7 miles |
| Higher Failsworth Primary School | 40% | 5.2% | 32.5% | 396 | 0.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.25%
- English as an additional language
- 16.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.79%
- Persistent absence
- 19.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Mather Street Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Higher Failsworth Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
Other schools in Manchester
New Moston Primary School ranks 222nd of the 252 ranked primary 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 New Moston Primary School teach?
- New Moston Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of New Moston Primary School?
- The headteacher of New Moston Primary School is Mr Peter Stewart, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was New Moston Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected New Moston Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is New Moston Primary School?
- New Moston Primary School has 487 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is New Moston Primary School full?
- New Moston Primary School has capacity for 590 pupils and 487 on roll (83%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is New Moston Primary School a faith school?
- No. New Moston Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does New Moston Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records New Moston Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have New Moston Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 39% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does New Moston Primary School rank locally?
- New Moston Primary School ranked 105th of 125 primary schools in Manchester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is New Moston Primary School's absence rate?
- New Moston Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are New Moston Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, New Moston 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 29 June 2026.