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St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range M16

Withington Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8FQ

St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range M16

10 reasons to choose St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range

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St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Manchester and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.

School fundamentals

St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Church of England voluntary controlled faith school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.

Average class size

St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range has three classes per year, and an average class size of 28 pupils.

Exam results

Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 18% of schools.

The St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range curriculum

School curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. Most subjects are taught separately, but science, geography and history are taught as cross-curricular topics within a ‘Learning Challenge Curriculum’. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

More on the curriculum

There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.

Specialist teaching

Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.

Sport at St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range

School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range

Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.45pm.

Find another school near St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range

Independent Prep Schools

St Bede’s College Prep (0.3 miles); Manchester High School for Girls, Preparatory School (1.5 miles); Withington Girls’ Junior School (1.6 miles).

State Primary Schools

Chorlton Church of England Primary School (1.3 miles); Brookburn Community School (1.4 miles); Victoria Park Junior School (1.9 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys (0.5 miles); St Bede’s College (0.6 miles); Withington Girls’ School (2.1 miles).

State Senior Schools

William Hulme’s Grammar School (0.7 miles); Loreto College (1.2 miles); Trinity CofE High School (1.9 miles).

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