Crab Lane Primary School
Community primary school in Manchester (Manchester).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
If your child is starting school in September 2025 and you would like to visit the school before submitting your application, contact the school office on 0161 740 2851 to book a tour. My name is Mr. Hughes and I am thoroughly enjoying my role as Executive Headteacher. I have worked at Crab Lane since 2004 in a wide variety of roles.
Over the years, I have gotten to know the staff, parents and children very well and I love the community feel the school has. It's also nice to see parents I used to teach bringing their own children to school now! Having also worked at Crumpsall Lane Primary School since 2016, I am very proud to be leading school improvement across the North Manchester Primary Federation.
We have lots of exciting school improvement developments taking place this year and beyond, in order to provide the children of Crab Lane with the best possible education. I look forward to working with all our stakeholders to make Crab Lane the best place it can be.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Music
- Forest School
Awards
3 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy Eating AwardRecognised award
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Nurturing Schools AwardRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 105465
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (7 current, 0 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Beard | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Marc Smith | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sarah Morrow | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sobia Ramzan | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Sarah-Kaye Cloherty | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Joshua Callaghan | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Philip Hughes | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record