# Barlow Hall Primary School

Barlow Hall Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 231 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E144128. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 231
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 144128

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, January 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 29 January 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 77% of pupils at Barlow Hall Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Manchester Secondary PRU](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manchester-secondary-pru-e136743): 220 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- [Chorlton Park Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chorlton-park-primary-e142343): 700 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Loreto High School Chorlton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/loreto-high-school-chorlton-e105574): 810 m. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Ambrose RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-ambrose-rc-primary-school-e105520): 810 m. Primary. School remains Good, April 2023. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Chorlton High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chorlton-high-school-e139148): 1.1 km. Secondary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 54.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Didsbury High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/didsbury-high-school-e143729): 1.2 km. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), January 2024. Attainment 8 of 57.8 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144128)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144128)

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