# Bowker Vale Primary School

Bowker Vale Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 439 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E105397. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 439
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 105397

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, February 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 10 February 2023
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, 61% of pupils at Bowker Vale Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
3% 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 | 61% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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.

- [Crab Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crab-lane-primary-school-e105465): 810 m. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Prospect House Specialist Support Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prospect-house-specialist-support-primary-school-e147885): 1.3 km. Special. Outstanding (overall), July 2023
- [St Clare's RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-clares-rc-primary-school-e105554): 1.4 km. Primary. School remains Good, April 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Co-op Academy Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/co-op-academy-manchester-e136174): 1.5 km. Secondary. School remains Good, March 2023. Attainment 8 of 43.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Crumpsall Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crumpsall-lane-primary-school-e105486): 1.6 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-monicas-rc-high-school-a-voluntary-academy-e148050): 1.6 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 46.7 (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/105397)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105397)

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