Green End Primary School

About Green End Primary School

Green End Primary School sits within the Manchester local authority, where it ranks 9th out of 122 primary schools — comfortably inside the top 10 and the top 25% of its type nationally. Among its closest-performing peers in the area are Didsbury CofE Primary School, Brookburn Community School, and Rack House Primary School, all of which also achieve strong ranking scores. The school is one of only 15 primaries in Manchester to hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted, a grade it has now maintained across two inspections, the most recent taking place in March 2025. Headteacher Lisa Vyas leads a school that is significantly oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 150 applications for 60 places, with 63 first-preference applications alone. The school’s capacity is listed at 420 pupils, yet it currently accommodates 486, which suggests it is operating above its official limit.

Academically, Green End performs well above the Manchester average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a local authority average of 57%. The school’s average scores in reading (106) and maths (107) are both solid, and the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in maths sits at 38%, with reading at 27%. Writing at the higher level is lower, at 6%, matching the combined higher standard figure of 6%. Ofsted’s most recent inspection awarded the top grade of Outstanding across every category judged: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The previous inspection in 2015 also rated the school Outstanding overall, so the school has a consistent track record of high-quality provision.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, ICT suite, library, art studios, sensory room, and a forest school, alongside a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, tennis, cricket, dance, football and rounders, while clubs range from science and coding to choir, chess and eco club. For children with additional needs, the school lists provisions for moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder, social and emotional mental health, and hearing impairment. Parent View responses, collected between September 2024 and September 2025, show very high satisfaction: 86% of the 21 respondents would recommend the school, and 76% strongly agreed that their child is happy. This is a school that suits families looking for a high-performing, oversubscribed primary with strong SEND support and a wide extracurricular offer, though the high demand means securing a place is competitive.

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