Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School

Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School continues to provide a good educational experience for its pupils. The school has created a welcoming and calm environment, fostering a sense of community where children feel safe and valued. Leaders are ambitious for their pupils and have developed a high-quality curriculum that is effectively delivered across the school. Pupils exhibit positive behaviors, enjoy their learning, and actively participate in extra-curricular activities, contributing to their holistic development. While the school excels in several areas, there is a need for improvement in how teachers reinforce key knowledge during the learning process. Although most subjects have a well-thought-out curriculum, some pupils struggle to retain essential facts due to insufficient focus on revisiting important concepts. Leaders have the opportunity to enhance the curriculum further by ensuring that revisiting key knowledge is more explicit and effective, enabling all pupils to build a solid foundation for future learning.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a strong sense of belonging within the school community.
• Leaders promote a high-quality and ambitious curriculum tailored for all pupils.
• Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge and effectively address misconceptions.
• There are numerous extra-curricular opportunities that engage and enrich pupils' experiences.
• Leaders have effective systems to support pupils with special educational needs.
• Pupils develop strong relationships with staff, enhancing their learning environment.
• The school promotes a love of reading and ensures daily reading practice.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not adequately focus on key knowledge when revisiting learning.
• A portion of pupils are unable to recall important facts necessary for future learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.7% of pupils at Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School received £6,342 and spent £6,177 for each of its 278 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £58,000 (-£210 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School have?

Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School has 278 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School cover?

Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School?

Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School is at Highfield Road, Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire, M25 3AS.