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Manor School

Special · ages 4-11MixedAcademy218 pupilsLondonBrent
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Reached the expected level at 110%England 63%
Attendance92.4%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families43%Far more than most schools
PlacesFull218 pupils, 196 places
Pupils per teacher6.3School workforce census
Pupils on roll218Census January 2026

Manor School is a special academy in London for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 218 pupils, 22 more than it has places for. About 43 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.

Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise, London, NW10 3NT020 8968 3160manor.brent.sch.ukMr Steven Thompson headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

24 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 110%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level0%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score85.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score86.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 0%0%20172018: 0%0%20182019: 0%0%20192023: 0%0%20232024: 0%0%20242025: 0%0%2025
Since 2017: +0%
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017†BrentEngland
Pupils tested242826292421
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths0%0%0%0%0%0%69%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths0%0%0%0%0%0%10%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score85.090.097.0106.4105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score86.090.0105.9104.6
Expected level: readingReading expected standard0%4%0%0%0%0%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard0%0%0%0%0%0%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)0%0%0%0%0%0%
Reading progressReading progress score+0.3-4.3-7.7-7.2
Maths progressMaths progress score-0.6-4.5-9.6-7.9
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged0%0%0%0%0%0%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged0%0%0%0%0%0%

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 Manor School, the school this one replaced in April 2017. 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. Every gap at this school is 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
0%0%
No gapEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
0%0%
No gapEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%0%
No gapEngland 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.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Brent council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll218Census January 2026
Places196111% full
Pupils from low-income families43%43% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English42%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan100%218 pupils with a plan
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)41%£137,950 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls167 / 51
White British pupils5%

Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe 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 Brent with autism provision.

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (184), Specific learning difficulty (20), language and communications needs (11), Other difficulty or disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll218204237215197196
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals43%41%41%41%39%42%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language42%48%52%58%61%63%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans100%100%100%100%100%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance92.4%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school27.8%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.7%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence7.6%6.5%9.5%8.2%6.2%6.6%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence6.9%5.6%7.7%7.6%5.7%6.2%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.7%1.0%1.8%0.5%0.5%0.4%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence27.8%20.7%29.1%27.9%16.4%23.0%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.00.00.00.5
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

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

Teachers34.5full-time equivalent, 36 people
Pupils per teacher6.3Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers92%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants85.3full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£58,171
Teachers who left in the year19%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher4.52024/25

Money

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

Spend per pupil£37,966England £30,720. Total £7.7m
Income per pupil£46,642England £33,526. Total £9.5m
Spent on teachers per pupil£12,833England £11,966
Money in reserve21%A lot put by: £2.0m, £9,970 per pupil. England 16%
Money in against money out+£1.8mit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£37,966spent per pupil

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

Crimes within 500 m50812 months to June 2026, mostly anti-social behaviour
Local crime rate64 per 1,000 people30% lower than the England average
Typical house price£554,500Brent
Nearest bus stop20 mWhitmore Gardens, 12 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 schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
The Avenue SchoolFree school460 m116Outstanding 2023Compare
College Green School and ServicesLocal authority nursery school460 m93Outstanding 2022Compare
Queens Park Community SchoolAcademy460 m1,328No overall grade 202567Compare
Ark Franklin Primary AcademyAcademy490 m663Not inspected100Compare
Princess Frederica CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England500 m431Good 202489Compare
Malorees Primary SchoolCouncil730 m197Good 202241Compare
Al-Sadiq SchoolIndependent830 m130Not inspectedCompare
Brondesbury College LondonIndependent (grammar)870 m118Not inspectedCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Manor School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Manor School yet.

How good are Manor School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 0% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 0% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Manor School have?

218 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 196 places, so it is 111% full.

What is attendance like at Manor School?

Pupils were in school 92.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 28% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

Does Manor School have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It is a special school for autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

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

Contact and details

Address
Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise, London, NW10 3NT
Telephone
020 8968 3160
Website
manor.brent.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mr Steven Thompson
Type of school
Special academy (Academy special converter, academies)
Phase
Special school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
The Rise Partnership Trust (3 schools)
Local authority
Brent
Ward
Queens Park
Constituency
Queen's Park and Maida Vale
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 April 2017 (academy converter)
URN
144053 · LAESTAB 3047006 · UKPRN 10063091
Formerly
Manor School

Where these figures come from