Bowker Vale Primary School

State-Funded School

bowker-vale-primary-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Blackley and Middleton SouthConstituency

M8 4NBPostcode

2.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Bowker Vale Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Manchester, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 439 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 47%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

23%

Asian

47%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

439

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

54%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 439
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 10 February 2023. 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 Sept 2017	Good	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.