Plymouth Grove Primary School is a primary school located in Ardwick. 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 17/11/2011. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is well above average, progress in reading is average, progress in writing is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Plymouth Grove West, Ardwick

School Information

Address: Plymouth Grove West, Ardwick, M13 0AQ
Website: www.plymouthgrove.net/
Telephone: 01612731453
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Manchester
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Michael Cooke
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 105443

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 17/11/2011

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 472
Number of Pupils: 422
Number of Boys: 229
Number of Girls: 193

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: 1.5 Confidence interval -0.2 to 3.2
Writing
Below Average: -1.8 Confidence interval -3.4 to -0.2
Maths
Well Above Average: 3.1 Confidence interval 1.6 to 4.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:63%
England Average:65%

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

School:5%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:108
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's Centre
33 Epping Street , Hulme M15 6PA
4out of 4 2,311 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Plymouth Grove Primary School
Plymouth Grove West , Chorlton-on-Medlock M13 0AQ
3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester
Richmond Grove , Longsight M13 0BT
3out of 4 299 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Langport Avenue , Longsight M12 4NG
3out of 4 329 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St John's CofE Primary School
Clarence Road , Longsight M13 0YE
2out of 4 576 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School
Lincoln Grove , Chorlton-on-Medlock M13 0DX
3out of 4 612 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Dean Trust Ardwick
345 Stockport Road , M13 0LF
3out of 4 230 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St Peter's RC High School
Kirkmanshulme Lane , M12 4WB
3out of 4 1,406 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Manchester Academy
Moss Lane East , Moss Side M14 4PX
2out of 4 1,743 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central
Lytham Road , Levenshulme M14 6PL
- not rated 1,956 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
Trinity CofE High School
Higher Cambridge Street , M15 6HP
4out of 4 2,043 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Xaverian College
Lower Park Road , M14 5RB
- not rated 1,081 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
LTE Group
Whitworth House , Whitworth St M11 2WH
- not rated 2,127 yd Further education Yes Mixed More About School
Connell Coop College
301 Alan Turing Way , M11 3BS
- not rated 2,462 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School
Loreto College
Chichester Road , Hulme M15 5PB
- not rated 2,997 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Manchester Hospital School
3rd Floor School , Royal Manchester Children's Hospital M13 9WL
3out of 4 953 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Rodney House School
2 Albert Grove , Longsight M12 4WF
4out of 4 1,087 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
The Manchester Grammar School
Old Hall Lane , M13 0XT
- not rated 1,523 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
University of Manchester
Oxford Road , M13 9PL
- not rated 1,746 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Sol Christian Academy
115 , Fairfield Street M12 6EL
- not rated 1,804 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.