St Paul's CofE Primary School | Primary in Manchester | Ofsted & DfE

71%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

331

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

71%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

331

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

71%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

331

Pupils · 2024/25

34%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 22/03/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityManchester

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio23.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of St Paul's CofE Primary School · Primary · Manchester

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

71%

-4pp

81%75%68%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 71%

RWM higher standard

17%

+12pp

30%18%5%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 17%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

83%

Reading higher standard

62%

Writing expected standard

76%

Writing higher standard

19%

Maths expected standard

76%

Maths higher standard

55%

Science expected standard

86%

SPAG expected standard

86%

SPAG higher standard

64%

Reading scaled score

110.0

Maths scaled score

109.0

GPS scaled score

111.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

331

Pupil : teacher ratio

23.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

34%

FSM eligible

38%

SEN

16%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

St Paul's Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4PG

Local authority

Manchester

Website

www.stpaulswithington.co.uk

Telephone

01613595316

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	71%	17%	83%	62%	76%	19%	76%	55%	86%	86%	110.0	109.0	111.0	—	—	—	16%	331
2023/24	75%	5%	82%	52%	75%	11%	86%	20%	89%	82%	109.0	106.0	109.0	—	—	—	16%	349
2022/23	74%	14%	86%	52%	79%	19%	79%	36%	81%	76%	109.0	108.0	108.0	+1.10	-0.50	+0.40	12%	338
2018/19	68%	30%	78%	53%	78%	33%	73%	43%	83%	78%	109.0	107.0	110.0	+1.70	-0.90	-1.40	9%	343
2017/18	81%	23%	86%	72%	84%	26%	88%	37%	88%	84%	112.0	109.0	112.0	+4.30	+0.30	+2.90	10%	347
2016/17	83%	17%	93%	44%	88%	24%	85%	39%	95%	93%	110.0	108.0	110.0	+5.00	+1.10	+3.00	13%	346

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	331	22.1	16%	34%	38%	5%	11%
2023/24	349	21.8	16%	33%	36%	5%	13%
2022/23	338	21.9	12%	26%	29%	5%	13%
2021/22	334	21.1	13%	27%	30%	6%	16%
2020/21	324	20.5	10%	22%	26%	—	—
2018/19	343	20.9	9%	25%	21%	3%	5%
2017/18	347	22.0	10%	24%	24%	4%	7%
2016/17	346	22.5	13%	27%	23%	4%	9%