Hilton Lane Primary School
Madams Wood Road, Little Hulton, Manchester, M28 0JY
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by Hilton Lane Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Hayley Kearsley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 211
- URN
- 105914
- Local authority
- Salford
- Website
- School website
About this school
Hilton Lane Primary School was a community primary school in Manchester. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 211 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
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 | 30 | 29 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 48% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 47% | 66% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 66% | 47% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 62% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 Hilton Lane 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 | Salford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37% | 53.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 229 |
| 2023/24 | 227 |
| 2024/25 | 217 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hilton Lane Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40% | 6.1% | 55% | 211 | — |
| Hilton Lane Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| St Andrew's Methodist Primary School | 77% | 5.1% | 36.7% | 229 | 0.2 miles |
| St Edmund's RC Primary School | 66% | 4.6% | 41.2% | 339 | 0.3 miles |
| Bridgewater Primary School | 82% | 4.7% | 50.6% | 442 | 0.5 miles |
| Peel Hall Primary School | 54% | 5.4% | 60.3% | 416 | 0.5 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)
- 55%
- English as an additional language
- 23.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.08%
- Persistent absence
- 19.35%
Location
Nearby schools
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Hilton Lane Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Manchester
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St Andrew's Methodist Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Manchester
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St Edmund's RC Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Bridgewater Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Peel Hall Primary School0.5 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 year groups does Hilton Lane Primary School teach?
- Hilton Lane Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Manchester.
- When was Hilton Lane Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hilton Lane 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 Hilton Lane Primary School?
- Hilton Lane Primary School had 211 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Hilton Lane Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hilton Lane Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hilton Lane 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 30 June 2026.