St Andrew's CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Broom Avenue, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2UH – View on map
- Phone: 01614322731
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Hannah Large
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 32 families put it first for 41 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 41 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 132
- % eligible for free school meals: 44.4%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (similar to the Manchester average)
- English as an additional language: 67% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.9% a year (Manchester 15.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 27% moved to another school, 73% 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.
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: 6.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Hearing impairment 15 places · 15 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 10.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 15 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Manchester average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 74% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- Based on: 57 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 85th of 125 junior and primary schools in the area
- =80St Clare's RC Primary School55%
- =85Co-op Academy Medlock54%
- =85St Andrew's CofE Primary School54%
- =85St Luke's CofE Primary School54%
- #88Plymouth Grove Primary School53%
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63rd of 110 primary schools in Manchester for Ofsted rating
- #61St Agnes C of E Primary SchoolGood
- #62St Ambrose RC Primary SchoolGood
- #63St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #64St Anne's RC Primary SchoolGood
- #65St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall ManchesterGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,456 (2024-25)
48th of 130 primary schools in Manchester for spending per pupil
- #46The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School£7,489
- #47St Augustine's CofE Primary School£7,470
- #48St Andrew's CofE Primary School£7,456
- #49Sandilands Primary School£7,454
- #50Rolls Crescent Primary School£7,450
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