Heald Place Primary School

Heald Place Primary School is a large, inclusive primary school where pupils feel valued and are well supported pastorally. Behaviour and personal development are judged good: pupils typically behave well, the atmosphere is calm and purposeful, and pupils benefit from leadership opportunities, extra-curricular activities and visits. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, although a small number of staff still need the required safeguarding training to support the designated safeguarding leader fully.

Strengths

• Warm, caring relationships between staff and pupils
• High-quality pastoral support for pupils
• Calm and purposeful school atmosphere
• Pupils typically behave well in lessons, at play and around the building
• Ambitious curriculum set out in many subjects and early years
• Library and visiting authors broaden pupils' appreciation of literature
• Personal development covers healthy lifestyles and mental well-being
• Many extra-curricular opportunities and local visits
• Pupils can develop leadership through school council and ambassador roles
• Pupils generally attend school regularly
• Governors have a clear vision and keep a check on standards
• School has worked well with staff on workload and well-being
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• School identifies pupils with SEND swiftly

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum is not consistently delivered across subjects
• Some teachers are unsure how to design activities that support intended learning
• Teachers do not systematically check pupils' understanding
• Gaps in pupils' knowledge are not addressed swiftly enough
• Phonics programme is not delivered consistently well
• Assessment information is not used well enough to match reading books to phonics knowledge
• Some pupils, including pupils with SEND, do not develop early reading skills promptly
• Information about pupils' SEND is not precise enough to set appropriate targets
• Adaptations for pupils with SEND vary in quality and can limit access to the curriculum
• Some pupils, including in early years, find it difficult to concentrate
• Inappropriate language is not investigated well enough to identify patterns
• A small number of staff lack necessary safeguarding training
• Governors do not have sufficiently detailed oversight of some behaviour, such as pupils' language
• Early years does not secure strong enough early reading and mathematics for some children

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 Heald Place Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.4% 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 Heald Place 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 Heald Place Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.1% 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, 14.9% of pupils at Heald Place Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Heald Place Primary School received £7,540 and spent £7,341 for each of its 572 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £360,000 (£629 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 Heald Place Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heald Place Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Heald Place Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Heald Place Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Heald Place Primary School have?

Heald Place Primary School has 572 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heald Place Primary School cover?

Heald Place Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Heald Place Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heald Place Primary School?

Heald Place Primary School is at Heald Place, Rusholme, Heald Place Primary School, Manchester, M14 7PN.