North Walkden Primary School
Worsley Road North, Walkden, Manchester, M28 3QD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Warburton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 220
- URN
- 105922
- Local authority
- Salford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01619212921
About this school
North Walkden Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 220 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 61% | 34% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 71% | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 68% | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 82% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.90 | - | - |
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 North Walkden 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 | 41% | 53.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 34% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 225 |
| 2023/24 | 233 |
| 2024/25 | 231 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How North Walkden Primary School compares
North Walkden Primary School ranked 65th of 69 primary schools in Salford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34% | 4.6% | 47.3% | 220 | — |
| Bridgewater Primary School | 82% | 4.7% | 50.6% | 442 | 0.5 miles |
| St Edmund's RC Primary School | 66% | 4.6% | 41.2% | 339 | 0.6 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | 76% | 4.8% | 44.3% | 355 | 0.7 miles |
| St Andrew's Methodist Primary School | 77% | 5.1% | 36.7% | 229 | 0.7 miles |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | 58% | 4.7% | 33.7% | 411 | 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
-
Graded inspection report28 April 2026
- 20 March 2024
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.32%
- English as an additional language
- 16%
- Overall absence
- 4.56%
- Persistent absence
- 11.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bridgewater Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Edmund's RC Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Paul's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Andrew's Methodist Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Peter's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bolton
Other schools in Manchester
North Walkden Primary School ranks 247th 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 North Walkden Primary School teach?
- North Walkden Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of North Walkden Primary School?
- The headteacher of North Walkden Primary School is Mrs Helen Warburton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was North Walkden Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected North Walkden 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 North Walkden Primary School?
- North Walkden Primary School has 220 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is North Walkden Primary School full?
- North Walkden Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 220 on roll (93%), 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 North Walkden Primary School a faith school?
- No. North Walkden Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does North Walkden Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records North Walkden Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have North Walkden Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 34% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does North Walkden Primary School rank locally?
- North Walkden Primary School ranked 65th of 69 primary schools in Salford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is North Walkden Primary School's absence rate?
- North Walkden Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are North Walkden Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, North Walkden 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 15 July 2026.