Cringle Brook Primary School
General Information
- Address: 388 Slade Lane, Levenshulme, M19 2HT – View on map
- Phone: 01612481730
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Lisa Vyas
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 42 families put it first for 30 places – 14 for every 10 places. 64% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 65
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Manchester average)
- English as an additional language: 67% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 21.6% a year (Manchester 15.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Manchester: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Manchester, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 4.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 13 percentage points above the Manchester average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 88% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 84%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 32 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 26th of 125 junior and primary schools in the area
- =21Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School73%
- =21West Didsbury CE Primary School73%
- =26Cringle Brook Primary School72%
- =26Seymour Road Academy72%
- =26St Augustine's CofE Primary School72%
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3rd of 110 primary schools in Manchester for Ofsted rating
- #1Abbott Community Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #2Armitage CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Cringle Brook Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4Crossacres Primary AcademyOutstanding
- #5Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School ManchesterOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,324 (2024-25)
58th of 130 primary schools in Manchester for spending per pupil
- #56St John's CofE Primary School£7,348
- #57CofE School of the Resurrection£7,324
- #58Cringle Brook Primary School£7,324
- #59Pike Fold Primary School£7,303
- #60St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£7,297
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