Pike Fold 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
Resourced Provision - The ARC 2025 - 2026 Teaching Assistant: Mrs Heywood, Mrs Graham, Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Eagers Pike Fold Primary School has one of Manchester's Resourced Provisions. Although the school is responsible for the teaching and learning of the children who have a place, it does not control the admission of places to the provision.
These decisions are made by Manchester Local Authority, which has a multi-agency panel to agree placements in the different provisions within Manchester. Children do not automatically get a place within the provision if they are on roll at Pike Fold, without going through the review process with the Local Authority.
For further information, please contact the statutory assessment team. Known in school as The ARC it is a specialist resource provision unit which supports 7 children with a diagnosis of Autism/DLD.
Due to the range of children's needs the ARC is staffed by a specialist teacher and specialist teaching assistants who have all completed specific training to support the children's learning, social and speech and language needs. Throughout the week children are also supported by a speech and language therapist, occupational therapist and access sports therapy.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
6 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Swimming
- Accelerated Reader
- Forest School
- Growth Mindset
- Letters and Sounds
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Awards
3 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
- Sing UpRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 105470
- 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 (9 current, 1 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ashley Wooles | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Graham | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mr Owen Jones | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Reverend Pamela Smith | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Julie McKeever | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2032 |
| Mr Andrew Morris | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2032 |
| Miss Rachael Hawcroft | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2032 |
| Ms Dharmila Khimani | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Rachael Hannah Farnell-Hill | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2015 |
| Mrs Dawn Pearson Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
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