Lily Lane Primary School
Academy sponsor led in Manchester, Manchester.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy sponsor led |
| Age range | 3 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 598 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 690 |
| Free school meals | 63.90% |
| Trust or sponsor | CHANGING LIVES IN COLLABORATION |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Address | 74 Kenyon Lane, Moston, Manchester, M40 9JP |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.lilylane.manchester.sch.uk |
| Telephone | 01612053397 |
| URN | 149671 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 4 February 2026, published 14 June 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | 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 |
Category of concern: Requires significant improvement.
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 24 May 2022, published 18 July 2022:
| Overall effectiveness | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years provision | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | No |
This graded inspection was of the predecessor school (Lily Lane Primary School, URN 105424).
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (primary school, about 0.3 km)
- Moston Lane Community Primary School (primary school, about 0.5 km)
- Moston Fields Primary School (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School (primary school, about 0.9 km)
- St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Co-op Academy Broadhurst (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston (primary school, about 1.4 km)
- Oasis Academy Harpur Mount (primary school, about 1.4 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.