St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden

State-Funded School

st-wilfrids-cofe-aided-primary-school-northenden-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Wythenshawe and Sale EastConstituency

M22 4NRPostcode

8.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden 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 340 pupils. St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden is part of THRIVE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST LTD.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 71%
Higher standard: 15%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

72%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

340

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

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: 340
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: THRIVE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST LTD

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 26 June 2024. 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
1 Apr 2019	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.