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Corrie Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy358 pupilsNursery Free breakfast clubManchesterTameside
School Chooser Score
42
In line with
similar schools
Likely range 20 to 69
Out of 100. Better than 59% of the 50 schools most like it.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, November 2021
Reached the expected level at 1164%England 63%
Attendance94.4%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families40%Far more than most schools
Places114 spare358 pupils, 472 places
Pupils per teacher21.2School workforce census

Corrie Primary School is a converter academy in Manchester for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 358 pupils and room for 472. About 40 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 42 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 59% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2021.

Cemetery Road, Denton, Manchester, M34 6FG0161 336 2242corrie.tameside.sch.ukMrs Naomi Cartledge headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 10 November 2021 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.

This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

33 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. These are the results of Corrie Primary School, the school this one replaced.

Reached the expected level at 1164%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level3%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score107.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score105.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 57%57%20172018: 74%74%20182019: 52%52%20192023: 70%70%20232024: 72%72%20242025: 64%64%2025
Since 2017: +7%
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025†2024†2023†2019†2018†2017†TamesideEngland
Pupils tested335861524656
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths64%72%70%52%74%57%62%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths3%9%8%6%2%7%4%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score107.0107.0107.0101.0104.0104.0105.2105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score105.0107.0105.0102.0103.0103.0104.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score103.0106.0106.0101.0104.0106.0105.3105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard67%79%80%58%78%75%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard67%78%77%69%80%68%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)67%72%74%83%85%82%
Reading progressReading progress score+2.4-3.5-1.4-1.0
Maths progressMaths progress score+1.0-3.1-1.3-2.5
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged58%60%67%50%52%45%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged78%82%74%56%92%70%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Corrie Primary School, the school this one replaced in January 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
58%78%
Gap 20 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
75%46%
Gap 29 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
4%3%
Gap 1 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Plenty of spare places312 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
74% full

108 places were empty (26% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.

Will my child get a place?

In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (44 offers for 60 places). 44 families put it down as their first choice and 44 of them got in (100%).

EntryPlacesPut it firstApplied at allGot a placeFirst choices who got inHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary60448044100%all offeredLA
2025 Primary60427843100%all offeredLA
2024 Primary60438553100%all offeredLA
2023 Primary6025512796%all offeredLA
2022 Primary60336636100%all offeredLA
2021 Primary60275830100%all offeredLA
2020 Primary6043all offeredLA

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll358Census January 2026
Places47276% full
Pupils from low-income families39%40% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English11%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support23%82 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan11%40 pupils with a plan
Average class size23.915 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils7%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)42%£207,700 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls184 / 174
White British pupils73%

Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) and SEN unit with 8 pupils and a SEN unit with 8 pupils, for moderate learning difficulties.

To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Tameside with moderate learning difficulties provision.

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 21.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 24.9 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (66), emotional and mental health (19), Moderate learning difficulty (15), Specific learning difficulty (7), Multi-sensory impairment (5), Autistic spectrum disorder (3).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census20262025
Pupils on roll358346
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals39%42%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language11%10%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support19%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans11%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.4%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school15.5%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission2.3%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.6%5.8%5.4%6.1%3.4%4.9%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.4%3.6%3.5%4.3%2.1%0.8%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence2.3%2.2%2.0%1.8%1.3%4.1%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence15.5%17.0%14.0%18.7%7.6%12.2%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions0

† These attendance figures are for Corrie Primary School, the school this one replaced in January 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers16.5full-time equivalent, 19 people
Pupils per teacher21.2Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants23.7full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£48,922
Vacancies0

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Money in reserve9%A healthy amount put by: £158k, £457 per pupil
Money in against money out+£6,000it took in more than it spent this year

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Local crime rate0 per 1,000 people100% lower than the England average
Typical house price£215,000Tameside
Nearest bus stop160 mCemetery Road, 23 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Manor Green Primary AcademyAcademy530 m262Report card 20265Compare
Greswell Primary School and NurseryAcademy690 m438Good 202342Compare
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolRoman Catholic960 m228No overall grade 202436Compare
St John Fisher RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, DentonAcademy0.7 miles237Good 2022Compare
Linden Road Academy and Hearing Impaired BaseAcademy0.7 miles228Good 202348Compare
St Anne's Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles202Good 2023Compare
Russell Scott Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles440Good 202348Compare
Woodley Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles384Report card 20266Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Corrie Primary School with the 44 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 44 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats59%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 42 is 7 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 2 · middle 35 · highest 97100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 44 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Corrie Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Russell Scott Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles440Good 202348Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 42 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 42% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 20 to 69. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years0%no data
Ofsted inspection16% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.03
Ofsted grade, 4.8 years old
Progress pupils make0%no data
Direction of travel over five years0%no data
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
-0.12
2024/25; 271 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils0%no data
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Corrie Primary School a good school?

It is about average. Corrie Primary School scores 42 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 59% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 20 to 69, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Corrie Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Corrie Primary School good at its last full inspection on 10 November 2021. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.

How good are Corrie Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 64% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 3% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Corrie Primary School have?

358 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 472 places, so it is 76% full.

Is Corrie Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 108 places were empty in 2024/25 (26% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Corrie Primary School?

Pupils were in school 94.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 16% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Corrie Primary School?

The average class had 23.9 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 7% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

Does Corrie Primary School have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) and sen unit for moderate learning difficulties. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

Does Corrie Primary School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Cemetery Road, Denton, Manchester, M34 6FG
Telephone
0161 336 2242
Website
www.corrie.tameside.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Naomi Cartledge
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Ambition Community Trust (6 schools)
Local authority
Tameside
Ward
Denton South
Constituency
Gorton and Denton
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 January 2025 (academy converter)
URN
151034 · LAESTAB 3572058 · UKPRN 10095719
Formerly
Corrie Primary School

Where these figures come from