Ashbury Meadow Primary School
Rylance Street, Beswick, Manchester, M11 3NA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Neil Long
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 494
- Pupils on roll
- 465
- URN
- 133770
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01619892999
About this school
Ashbury Meadow Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 465 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 57 | 59 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 47% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 59% | 49% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 64% | 46% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 69% | 51% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 104.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Ashbury Meadow 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 | 46% | 52.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 488 |
| 2023/24 | 488 |
| 2024/25 | 486 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ashbury Meadow Primary School compares
Ashbury Meadow Primary School ranked 122nd of 125 primary schools in Manchester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 5.4% | 45.6% | 465 | — |
| CofE School of the Resurrection | 71% | 5.9% | 47.4% | 188 | 0.3 miles |
| St Brigid's RC Primary School | 48% | 6.4% | 59.7% | 219 | 0.4 miles |
| St Anne's RC Primary School | 67% | 5% | 37.7% | 182 | 0.5 miles |
| Armitage CofE Primary School | 57% | 4.8% | 48.9% | 490 | 0.7 miles |
| Park View Community Primary Academy | 74% | 6.4% | 63.8% | 343 | 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)
- 45.62%
- English as an additional language
- 61.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.4%
- Persistent absence
- 15.91%
Location
Nearby schools
-
CofE School of the Resurrection0.3 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Brigid's RC Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Anne's RC Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Armitage CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Park View Community Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
Ashbury Meadow Primary School ranks 248th 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
- Atherton St George's CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ashbury Meadow Primary School teach?
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Ashbury Meadow Primary School?
- The headteacher of Ashbury Meadow Primary School is Mr Neil Long, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ashbury Meadow Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ashbury Meadow 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 Ashbury Meadow Primary School?
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School has 465 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Ashbury Meadow Primary School full?
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School has capacity for 494 pupils and 465 on roll (94%), 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 Ashbury Meadow Primary School a faith school?
- No. Ashbury Meadow Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ashbury Meadow Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ashbury Meadow Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Ashbury Meadow Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Ashbury Meadow Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Ashbury Meadow Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ashbury Meadow Primary School rank locally?
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School ranked 122nd of 125 primary schools in Manchester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ashbury Meadow Primary School's absence rate?
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ashbury Meadow Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ashbury Meadow 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 1 July 2026.