# Cringle Brook Primary School

Cringle Brook Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 208 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E140692. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 208
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 140692

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Outstanding, January 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, 25 January 2024
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, 72% of pupils at Cringle Brook Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
6% 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 | 72% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 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.

- [Acacias Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/acacias-community-primary-school-e105401): 350 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Levenshulme High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/levenshulme-high-school-e141196): 500 m. Secondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 51.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Birchfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birchfields-primary-school-e130380): 590 m. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Alma Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alma-park-primary-school-e105389): 630 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Mary's RC Primary School, Manchester, A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-rc-primary-school-manchester-a-voluntary-academy-e152599): 650 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met, before the school changed
- [Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manchester-vocational-and-learning-academy-e142224): 650 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## 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/140692)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140692)

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