# Button Lane Primary School

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

It had 385 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E131938. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 385
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 131938

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), July 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 12 July 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 49% of pupils at Button Lane Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
8% 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 | 49% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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.

- [Rack House Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rack-house-primary-school-e105448): 610 m. Primary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Pioneer House High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pioneer-house-high-school-e142893): 710 m. Special. Standards maintained, January 2025
- [St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-aidans-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151028): 870 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), October 2023, before the school changed
- [Lime Tree Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lime-tree-primary-academy-e140877): 920 m. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Worthington Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/worthington-primary-school-e106300): 1.1 km. Primary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sale High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sale-high-school-e151895): 1.1 km. Secondary. Standards maintained, December 2024

## 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/131938)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/131938)

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