Lily Lane Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Blackley and Middleton SouthConstituency

M40 9JPPostcode

0.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 598 pupils. Lily Lane Primary School is part of Changing Lives in Collaboration.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 4 Feb 2026 · published 14 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Early yearsprovision

Inadequate

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 53%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

23%

Asian

11%

Black

40%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

17%

Pupils

598

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

64%

England average

27%

First language not English

61%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 598
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Changing Lives in Collaboration

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Jul 2022	Inadequate	Inadequate	Good	Inadequate	Inadequate

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.