# Sandilands Primary School

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

It had 395 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E105469. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 395
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 105469

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 30 March 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, 56% of pupils at Sandilands Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 56% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 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.

- [Dixons Brooklands Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dixons-brooklands-academy-e148965): 790 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Heyes Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heyes-lane-primary-school-e106288): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bowersgate School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bowersgate-school-e152533): 1.1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Sale High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sale-high-school-e151895): 1.2 km. Secondary. Standards maintained, December 2024
- [Broomwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broomwood-primary-school-e106290): 1.3 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Pictor Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pictor-academy-e142289): 1.3 km. Special. Some aspects not as strong, January 2025

## 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/105469)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105469)

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