Park View Community Primary
Varley Street, Miles Platting, Manchester, M40 7EJ
This school is closed (it closed in June 2024).
It was replaced by Park View Community Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Claire Hall
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 459
- Pupils on roll
- 393
- URN
- 135279
- Local authority
- Manchester
About this school
Park View Community Primary was a community primary school in Manchester. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 393 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Park View Community Primary has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2007, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 50 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.10 | - |
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 Park View Community Primary 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 | 47% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 407 |
| 2023/24 | 393 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Park View Community Primary compares
Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.8% | 57.6% | 393 | — |
| Park View Community Primary Academy | 74% | 6.4% | 63.8% | 343 | 0.0 miles |
| St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 184 | 0.5 miles |
| Abbott Community Primary School | 75% | 6.6% | 46.4% | 228 | 0.6 miles |
| St Anne's RC Primary School | 67% | 5% | 37.7% | 182 | 0.6 miles |
| St Augustine's CofE Primary School | 72% | 5% | 64.4% | 188 | 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 57.6%
- English as an additional language
- 35.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.8%
- Persistent absence
- 23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park View Community Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Manchester
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St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Abbott Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Anne's RC Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Augustine's CofE Primary School0.7 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 Park View Community Primary teach?
- Park View Community Primary taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Manchester.
- Has Park View Community Primary been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Park View Community Primary under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Park View Community Primary?
- Park View Community Primary had 393 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Park View Community Primary'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 47% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Park View Community Primary's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Park View Community Primary'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 10 July 2024.