Chapel Street Community Primary School

Chapel Street Community Primary School continues to uphold strong educational standards, demonstrating effective action since its last inspection. The school fosters a welcoming and nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and valued, all while promoting core values such as growth, respect, and inclusion. Overall, pupils display positive attitudes and engage well in their learning, notably receiving appropriate support tailored for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). While many students achieve commendable results, some disparities remain, particularly in writing assessments due to challenges faced by pupils who joined the school with limited English skills.

Strengths

• Provides a nurturing and safe environment for pupils.
• Strong relationships with families and community involvement.
• Well-designed curriculum that enriches learning across subjects.
• Effective phonics teaching leading to improved reading outcomes.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, enabling them to progress well.
• Commitment to pupil well-being and safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the curriculum affecting pupil experiences.
• Some gaps in assessment strategies leading to persistent learning gaps in certain subjects.
• Lower-than-average attainment in writing, particularly among pupils with English as an additional language.

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 Chapel Street Community Primary School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.8% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Chapel Street Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Chapel Street Community Primary School had 25.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.7% 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, 11.6% of pupils at Chapel Street Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Chapel Street Community Primary School received £7,040 and spent £7,249 for each of its 674 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £243,000 (£361 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 Chapel Street Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chapel Street Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Chapel Street Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chapel Street Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Chapel Street Community Primary School have?

Chapel Street Community Primary School has 674 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chapel Street Community Primary School cover?

Chapel Street Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Chapel Street Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chapel Street Community Primary School?

Chapel Street Community Primary School is at Chapel Street, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3GH.