Lily Lane Primary School
About the school
Lily Lane Primary School is an open primary school in Manchester.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 4 February 2026
- Published
- 14 June 2026
- Inspection type
- S8 No Formal Designation Visit
Category of concern: RSI
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding
No
Early years
Inadequate
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 44%
- Manchester
- 58%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 4%
- Manchester
- 5%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 60%
- Manchester
- 72%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 62%
- Manchester
- 67%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 51%
- Manchester
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 53%
- Manchester
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 16%
- Manchester
- 30%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 66%
- Manchester
- 77%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Manchester
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Manchester
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Manchester
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
623
Girls
48.64%
Boys
51.36%
SEN support
17.01%
Education, health and care plan
5.30%
English as an additional language
57.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
66.43%
Overall absence
7.14
Persistent absence
20.18