Barlow Hall Primary School

State-Funded School

barlow-hall-primary-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Manchester WithingtonConstituency

M21 7JGPostcode

6.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Barlow Hall Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Manchester, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 231 pupils. Barlow Hall Primary School is part of CONNECT ALLIANCE TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 58%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

47%

Asian

13%

Black

Mixed

23%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

231

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

60%

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 231
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: CONNECT ALLIANCE TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 29 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Dec 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.