Lily Lane Primary School
Primary schoolLily Lane Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 598 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement
- Inspection
- Report card, 4 February 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 44% of pupils at Lily Lane Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
4% 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 | 44% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99 | 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
In a straight line- St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2020300 m
- Moston Lane Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- Harpurhey Alternative Provision SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file530 m
- Camberwell Park Specialist Support SchoolSpecial. Inadequate (overall), February 2024, before the school changed, special measures780 m
- Moston Fields Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Manchester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).