Best primary schools in Greater Manchester (2026)
Greater Manchester has 736 ranked primary schools with published results. The top-ranked is Gatley Primary School, in the top 1% in England. The average reading, writing & maths here in 2025 was 63%, against 62% for England. 73 are in England's top 10%, and 35 are rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
| Rank | School | Reading, writing & maths (2023–2025 average) | Reading, writing & maths 2025 | Trend | Higher standard | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Top 1% in England |
Gatley Primary School Gatley |
94% | 93% | 39% | Outstanding | |
2 Top 1% in England |
Nicol Mere School Ashton-in-Makerfield |
97% | 97% | 33% | Outstanding | |
3 Top 1% in England |
The Olive School, Bolton Bolton · Muslim |
93% | 95% | 32% | No rating | |
4 Top 1% in England |
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Altrincham · Roman Catholic |
91% | 89% | 22% | Outstanding | |
5 Top 1% in England |
Park Road Academy Primary School Altrincham |
89% | 90% | 27% | Outstanding | |
6 Top 1% in England |
Gilded Hollins Community School Golborne |
97% | 97% | 10% | No rating | |
7 Top 2% in England |
Woodfield Primary School Wigan |
88% | 93% | 31% | Not judged | |
8 Top 2% in England |
Orrell Newfold Community Primary School Orrell |
90% | 93% | 25% | Outstanding | |
9 Top 2% in England |
Brooklands Primary School Sale |
89% | 87% | 32% | Report card | |
10 Top 2% in England |
St Luke's CofE Primary School Golborne · Church of England |
87% | 90% | 23% | No rating | |
11 Top 2% in England |
Orrell Holgate Academy Orrell |
87% | 86% | 24% | No rating | |
12 Top 2% in England |
Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy Standish · Church of England |
85% | 84% | 25% | Report card | |
13 Top 2% in England |
Beaumont Primary School Bolton |
87% | 84% | 29% | Not judged | |
14 Top 3% in England |
Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan Aspull · Roman Catholic |
87% | 81% | 31% | No rating | |
15 Top 3% in England |
Bradshaw Hall Primary School Cheadle Hulme |
86% | 90% | 23% | Outstanding | |
16 Top 3% in England |
Bowdon CofE Primary School Bowdon · Church of England |
84% | 80% | 34% | Outstanding | |
17 Top 3% in England |
Torkington Primary School Hazel Grove |
87% | 90% | 31% | No rating | |
18 Top 3% in England |
The Valley Community Primary School Bolton |
85% | 83% | 27% | Outstanding | |
19 Top 3% in England |
Broadoak Primary School Swinton (Salford) |
86% | 88% | 22% | Outstanding | |
20 Top 4% in England |
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School Salford · Roman Catholic |
86% | 83% | 15% | Outstanding | |
21 Top 4% in England |
Hazlehurst Primary Academy Ramsbottom |
90% | 90% | 10% | Inadequate | |
22 Top 4% in England |
Bredbury Green Primary School Romiley |
77% | 71% | 32% | Good | |
23 Top 4% in England |
Park Road Sale Primary School Sale |
84% | 89% | 26% | Outstanding | |
24 Top 4% in England |
All Souls Church of England Primary School Heywood · Church of England |
88% | 87% | 7% | Outstanding | |
25 Top 4% in England |
Chantlers Primary School Bury |
90% | 97% | 6% | Not judged | |
26 Top 4% in England |
Bollin Primary School Bowdon |
81% | 75% | 25% | Good | |
27 Top 5% in England |
Masefield Primary School Little Lever |
85% | 84% | 22% | No rating | |
28 Top 5% in England |
Wardley CofE Primary School Swinton (Salford) · Church of England |
85% | 89% | 32% | Not judged | |
29 Top 5% in England |
Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, Wigan Wigan · Roman Catholic |
88% | 87% | 13% | Outstanding | |
30 Top 5% in England |
Wood Fold Primary School Standish |
81% | 78% | 22% | Not judged | |
31 Top 5% in England |
Davyhulme Primary School Urmston |
86% | 90% | 12% | Outstanding | |
32 Top 5% in England |
Christ Church CofE Primary School Chadderton · Church of England |
85% | 90% | 10% | No rating | |
33 Top 5% in England |
St Marie's Catholic Primary School Standish Standish · Roman Catholic |
83% | 91% | 24% | Outstanding | |
34 Top 5% in England |
Woodhouse Primary School Urmston |
85% | 77% | 20% | Good | |
35 Top 5% in England |
Sunny Bank Primary School Bury |
80% | 75% | 31% | Good | |
36 Top 5% in England |
St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell Orrell · Roman Catholic |
84% | 80% | 20% | No rating | |
37 Top 6% in England |
St Mary's CofE Primary School Sale · Church of England |
81% | 79% | 21% | Good | |
38 Top 6% in England |
St Andrew's CofE Primary School Worsley · Church of England |
83% | 84% | 16% | Outstanding | |
39 Top 6% in England |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Sale · Catholic |
82% | 85% | 25% | Not judged | |
40 Top 6% in England |
The Oaks Primary School Bolton |
86% | 79% | 12% | Good | |
41 Top 6% in England |
Oxford Grove Primary School Bolton |
77% | 80% | 31% | Outstanding | |
42 Top 6% in England |
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley Hindley · Roman Catholic |
83% | 86% | 18% | Good | |
43 Top 7% in England |
St Philip's RC Primary School Salford · Roman Catholic |
80% | 77% | 17% | Outstanding | |
44 Top 7% in England |
St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield Dukinfield · Church of England |
83% | 83% | 15% | No rating | |
45 Top 7% in England |
St Mark's CofE Primary School Worsley · Church of England |
82% | 83% | 19% | No rating | |
46 Top 7% in England |
St Mary's RC Primary School Eccles (Salford) · Roman Catholic |
83% | 71% | 0% | Not judged | |
47 Top 7% in England |
St Raphael's Catholic Primary School Stalybridge · Roman Catholic |
86% | 80% | 8% | No rating | |
48 Top 7% in England |
St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton Shaw (Oldham) · Church of England |
81% | 77% | 17% | No rating | |
49 Top 7% in England |
St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School Uppermill · Church of England |
84% | 87% | 10% | No rating | |
50 Top 7% in England |
All Saints' Catholic Primary School Sale · Roman Catholic |
80% | 88% | 21% | Report card | |
51 Top 7% in England |
Greenhill Primary School Bury |
79% | 86% | 23% | No rating | |
52 Top 7% in England |
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy Reddish · Roman Catholic |
85% | 85% | 8% | No rating | |
53 Top 8% in England |
Didsbury CofE Primary School Manchester · Church of England |
80% | 79% | 13% | Good | |
54 Top 8% in England |
Spindle Point Primary School Kearsley |
77% | 74% | 23% | Report card | |
55 Top 8% in England |
Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School Ramsbottom · Church of England |
83% | 67% | 7% | Good | |
56 Top 8% in England |
Tithe Barn Primary School Stockport |
81% | 84% | 3% | Good | |
57 Top 8% in England |
St Peter's Catholic Primary School Hazel Grove · Catholic |
80% | 87% | 20% | Not judged | |
58 Top 8% in England |
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School Farnworth · Roman Catholic |
78% | 79% | 21% | Not judged | |
59 Top 8% in England |
Gorsefield Primary School Radcliffe |
77% | 88% | 37% | No rating | |
60 Top 8% in England |
Blackrod Primary School Blackrod |
80% | 78% | 17% | Outstanding | |
61 Top 9% in England |
Seymour Park Community Primary School Old Trafford |
78% | 80% | 17% | Outstanding | |
62 Top 9% in England |
Springfield Primary School Sale |
80% | 80% | 14% | Report card | |
63 Top 9% in England |
James Brindley Community Primary School Walkden |
82% | 82% | 11% | No rating | |
64 Top 9% in England |
St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton Atherton · Church of England |
82% | 90% | 16% | Report card | |
65 Top 9% in England |
St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary School Stretford · Roman Catholic |
81% | 87% | 18% | Good | |
66 Top 9% in England |
Woodheys Primary School Sale |
75% | 75% | 27% | No rating | |
67 Top 9% in England |
Heyes Lane Primary School Altrincham |
78% | 78% | 16% | No rating | |
68 Top 9% in England |
Markland Hill Primary School Bolton |
75% | 77% | 32% | Not judged | |
69 Top 9% in England |
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Westhoughton · Roman Catholic |
76% | 74% | 21% | Outstanding | |
70 Top 10% in England |
Rack House Primary School Wythenshawe |
78% | 79% | 16% | Report card | |
71 Top 10% in England |
Garrett Hall Primary School Tyldesley |
78% | 77% | 17% | Outstanding | |
72 Top 10% in England |
St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School Bolton · Roman Catholic |
81% | 84% | 10% | Not judged | |
73 Top 10% in England |
Golborne Community Primary School Golborne |
81% | 89% | 11% | Good | |
74 Top 11% in England |
Christ The King RC Primary School Walkden · Roman Catholic |
81% | 89% | 15% | No rating | |
75 Top 11% in England |
Cheadle Catholic Junior School Cheadle Hulme · Roman Catholic |
77% | 79% | 16% | No rating | |
76 Top 11% in England |
Oak Tree Primary School Cheadle Hulme |
77% | 78% | 15% | No rating | |
77 Top 12% in England |
Brookburn Community School Manchester |
78% | 87% | 15% | Good | |
78 Top 12% in England |
Ladybrook Primary School Bramhall |
80% | 83% | 14% | Outstanding | |
79 Top 12% in England |
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan Wigan · Roman Catholic |
81% | 84% | 2% | Not judged | |
80 Top 12% in England |
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School Manchester · Roman Catholic |
79% | 92% | 16% | Good | |
81 Top 12% in England |
Buckstones Primary School Shaw (Oldham) |
79% | 77% | 13% | Not judged | |
82 Top 12% in England |
Great Moor Junior School Stockport |
79% | 83% | 12% | No rating | |
83 Top 12% in England |
St John's Church of England Primary School Stockport · Church of England |
79% | 81% | 10% | Report card | |
84 Top 12% in England |
Bridgewater Primary School Little Hulton |
79% | 82% | 5% | No rating | |
85 Top 13% in England |
Eatock Primary School Westhoughton |
77% | 70% | 12% | No rating | |
86 Top 13% in England |
Navigation Primary School Altrincham |
76% | 72% | 13% | Not judged | |
87 Top 13% in England |
The Ferns Primary Academy Farnworth |
79% | 76% | 12% | Report card | |
88 Top 13% in England |
The Gates Primary School Wingates |
77% | 84% | 7% | No rating | |
89 Top 13% in England |
Prestolee Primary School Kearsley |
78% | 77% | 13% | Outstanding | |
90 Top 14% in England |
St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Farnworth · Roman Catholic |
80% | 82% | 4% | Good | |
91 Top 14% in England |
Thorn Grove Primary School Cheadle Hulme |
77% | 79% | 17% | No rating | |
92 Top 14% in England |
Chorlton CofE Primary School Manchester · Church of England |
77% | 82% | 14% | Not judged | |
93 Top 14% in England |
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge Bolton · Church of England |
75% | 79% | 12% | Not judged | |
94 Top 14% in England |
St Thomas CofE Primary School Westhoughton · Church of England |
76% | 78% | 9% | Report card | |
95 Top 14% in England |
Stamford Park Primary School Hale (Trafford) |
73% | 78% | 24% | Good | |
96 Top 14% in England |
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge Atherton · Church of England |
77% | 67% | 10% | Good | |
97 Top 14% in England |
Aspull Church Primary School Aspull · Church of England/Methodist |
75% | 77% | 13% | No rating | |
98 Top 15% in England |
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw Bury · Church of England |
74% | 64% | 27% | Not judged | |
99 Top 15% in England |
Heathfield Primary School Bolton |
76% | 75% | 13% | Report card | |
100 Top 15% in England |
Beaver Road Primary School Manchester |
74% | 75% | 20% | Not judged |
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Best primary school in each town
- Ashton-in-Makerfield · best: Nicol Mere School
- Bolton · best: The Olive School, Bolton
- Altrincham · best: St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
- Golborne · best: Gilded Hollins Community School
- Wigan · best: Woodfield Primary School
- Orrell · best: Orrell Newfold Community Primary School
- Sale · best: Brooklands Primary School
- Standish · best: Standish St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy
- Aspull · best: Our Lady's RC Primary School Wigan
- Cheadle Hulme · best: Bradshaw Hall Primary School
- Hazel Grove · best: Torkington Primary School
- Swinton (Salford) · best: Broadoak Primary School
- Salford · best: St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School
- Ramsbottom · best: Hazlehurst Primary Academy
- Heywood · best: All Souls Church of England Primary School
- Bury · best: Chantlers Primary School
- Little Lever · best: Masefield Primary School
- Urmston · best: Davyhulme Primary School
- Chadderton · best: Christ Church CofE Primary School
- Worsley · best: St Andrew's CofE Primary School
- Hindley · best: St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley
- Dukinfield · best: St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield
- Eccles (Salford) · best: St Mary's RC Primary School
- Stalybridge · best: St Raphael's Catholic Primary School
- Shaw (Oldham) · best: St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton
- Uppermill · best: St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School
- Reddish · best: St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy
- Manchester · best: Didsbury CofE Primary School
- Kearsley · best: Spindle Point Primary School
- Stockport · best: Tithe Barn Primary School
- Farnworth · best: Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School
- Radcliffe · best: Gorsefield Primary School
- Old Trafford · best: Seymour Park Community Primary School
- Walkden · best: James Brindley Community Primary School
- Atherton · best: St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton
- Stretford · best: St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary School
- Westhoughton · best: Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School
- Wythenshawe · best: Rack House Primary School
- Tyldesley · best: Garrett Hall Primary School
- Bramhall · best: Ladybrook Primary School
- Little Hulton · best: Bridgewater Primary School
- Ashton-under-Lyne · best: Holden Clough Primary School
- Prestwich · best: Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy
- Marple Bridge · best: Ludworth Primary School
- Rochdale · best: Healey Foundation Primary School
- Middleton (Rochdale) · best: Bowlee Park Community Primary School
- Mossley · best: Milton St John's CofE Primary School
- Leigh (Wigan) · best: Leigh St John's CofE Primary
- Hyde (Tameside) · best: Godley Community Primary Academy
- Cheadle (Stockport) · best: Meadowbank Primary School
- Droylsden · best: Fairfield Road Primary School
- Oldham · best: St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School
- Irlam · best: Irlam Primary School
- Milnrow · best: Crossgates Primary School
- Horwich · best: St Mary's RC Primary School
- Whitefield · best: St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Lees · best: St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School
- Littleborough · best: Littleborough Community Primary School
- Audenshaw · best: Aldwyn Primary School
- Denton (Tameside) · best: Linden Road Academy
- Failsworth · best: Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School
- Royton · best: Fir Bank Primary School
- Platt Bridge and Abram · best: Holy Family Catholic Academy
- Pendlebury and Clifton · best: St Mark's RC Primary School
- Ince-in-Makerfield · best: Ince CofE Primary School
- Bredbury and Woodley · best: Greave Primary School
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What is the best primary school in Greater Manchester?
On exam results over the last three years, Gatley Primary School is the top-ranked primary school in Greater Manchester, in the top 1% of schools in England.
How are the schools ranked?
By published Department for Education exam results averaged over three years: for secondary schools, Attainment 8 plus a quarter of the share getting grade 5+ in English and maths; for primary schools, the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths plus half the share reaching the higher standard. The order uses the three-year average, so a school can rank above one with a higher single-year result. Schools with fewer than 10 pupils taking the tests are not ranked. Exam results are only part of the picture: visit, read the Ofsted report and check admissions rules, as living nearby does not guarantee a place.