New Moston Primary School
Primary schoolNew Moston Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 487 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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, 45% of pupils at New Moston Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
1% 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 | 45% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 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
In a straight line- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- St Matthew's RC High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.6 (2025/26, provisional)760 m
- St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024, before the school changed930 m
- St Mary's CofE Primary School MostonPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 31% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- Mather Street Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Higher Failsworth Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
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).