Mersey Drive Community Primary School is a primary school located in Manchester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/12/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6%, which is 2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Mersey Drive, Manchester

School Information

Address: Mersey Drive, Manchester, M45 8LN
Website: www.merseydriveprimary.org.uk
Telephone: 01617666298
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Bury
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Angela Ridley
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 105299

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/12/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 236
Number of Pupils: 205
Number of Boys: 98
Number of Girls: 107

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6% 4%
Persistent absence: 18.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -1.3 Confidence interval -3.7 to 1.1
Writing
Well Below Average: -2.8 Confidence interval -5 to -0.6
Maths
Average: -1.6 Confidence interval -3.7 to 0.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:54%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Mersey Drive Community Primary School
Mersey Drive , Whitefield M45 8LN 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School
Parr Lane , Unsworth BL9 8JT 		2out of 4 519 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Unsworth Primary School
Blackley Close , Unsworth BL9 8LY 		3out of 4 675 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitefield
Ribble Drive , Whitefield M45 8NJ 		3out of 4 926 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Ribble Drive Community Primary School
Ribble Drive , Whitefield M45 8TD 		3out of 4 1,047 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Unsworth Academy
Parr Lane , BL9 8LP 		1out of 4 668 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Philips High School
Higher Lane , Whitefield M45 7PH 		3out of 4 2,345 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Heys School
Heys Road , Prestwich M25 1JZ 		- not rated 2,660 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Elms Bank
Ripon Avenue , Whitefield M45 8PJ 		4out of 4 1,301 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Prestwich Preparatory School
400 Bury Old Road , Prestwich M25 1PZ 		- not rated 2,570 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Cloughside College
Bury New Road , Prestwich M25 3BL 		3out of 4 2,782 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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