Button Lane Primary School
Button Lane, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0ND
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Emma Roberts
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 385
- URN
- 131938
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01619451965
About this school
Button Lane Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 385 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 58 | 87 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 48% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 1% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 69% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 66% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 62% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Button 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 | Manchester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 52.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 464 |
| 2023/24 | 451 |
| 2024/25 | 420 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Button Lane Primary School compares
Button Lane Primary School ranked 94th of 125 primary schools in Manchester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% 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 | 49% | 6.7% | 58% | 385 | — |
| Rack House Primary School | 79% | 5.9% | 51% | 460 | 0.4 miles |
| St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | 6.8% | 39.1% | 207 | 0.5 miles |
| Lime Tree Primary Academy | 69% | 3.5% | 28% | 473 | 0.6 miles |
| Worthington Primary School | 68% | 3.2% | 19.5% | 446 | 0.7 miles |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | 77% | 4.4% | 15.9% | 199 | 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)
- 57.96%
- English as an additional language
- 24.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.72%
- Persistent absence
- 18.89%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rack House Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
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St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Lime Tree Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Sale
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Worthington Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Sale
-
Holy Family Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Sale
Other schools in Manchester
Button Lane Primary School ranks 206th 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 Button Lane Primary School teach?
- Button Lane Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Button Lane Primary School?
- The headteacher of Button Lane Primary School is Ms Emma Roberts, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Button Lane Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Button 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 Button Lane Primary School?
- Button Lane Primary School has 385 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Button Lane Primary School full?
- Button Lane Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 385 on roll (80%), 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 Button Lane Primary School a faith school?
- No. Button Lane Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Button Lane Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Button Lane Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Button Lane Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Button Lane Primary School rank locally?
- Button Lane Primary School ranked 94th of 125 primary schools in Manchester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% 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 Button Lane Primary School's absence rate?
- Button Lane Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Button Lane Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Button 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 8 July 2026.