Rack House Primary School

Rack House Primary School is performing well overall. Inclusion is a particular strength: pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified quickly and supported through carefully targeted provision, and many pupils in the specially resourced autism provision learn successfully alongside mainstream peers. Disadvantaged pupils also achieve strongly, especially in reading, writing and mathematics, where outcomes are above national averages and pupils are well prepared for secondary school. Behaviour is positive, safeguarding standards are met, and pupils benefit from a calm, nurturing environment with strong personal development and pastoral support. Most areas meet expected standards. The curriculum is ambitious and effective in the core subjects, early years provision gives children a positive start, and leaders and governors know the school well and support staff effectively. Attendance systems are improving, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, but persistent absence remains a priority. Concerns are limited but real. In a small number of wider-curriculum subjects, key knowledge is not specified in enough detail, so some pupils have gaps and are less well prepared for their next steps. Leaders should sharpen subject content across the wider curriculum and continue work to improve attendance for pupils who persistently miss school. The school serves a large, deprived community with well-above-average free school meals and includes a resourced provision for autism and two-year-old provision.

Strengths

• Swift identification and highly effective targeted support for pupils with SEND
• Specially resourced autism provision is highly effective and pupils learn alongside mainstream peers
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve well above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics
• Pupils produce high-quality work in reading, writing and mathematics
• Orderly, safe and nurturing environment where bullying and discrimination are not tolerated
• Pupils behave well in lessons and around school and have positive attitudes to learning
• Attendance systems are broad and improving attendance for pupils with SEND
• Ambitious curriculum with a strong core focus on reading, writing and mathematics
• Early years provision gives children a positive start, especially in language and communication
• Governors provide effective challenge and support, and staff value leaders' support
• Carefully considered personal development, pastoral support and wider opportunities

Areas for Improvement

• A small number of wider-curriculum subjects do not set out key knowledge in sufficient detail
• Some pupils have gaps in knowledge and underdeveloped skills in a few wider-curriculum subjects
• Persistent absence remains above national averages and requires continued improvement
• Term-time holidays and pupils missing extended periods of school remain a priority

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 Rack House Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.9% 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 Rack House 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 Rack House Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.6% 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, 15.0% of pupils at Rack House Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 7 pupils.

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 Rack House Primary School received £7,870 and spent £8,026 for each of its 455 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £111,000 (£244 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 Rack House Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rack House Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Rack House Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rack House Primary School was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Rack House Primary School have?

Rack House Primary School has 460 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rack House Primary School cover?

Rack House Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Rack House Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rack House Primary School?

Rack House Primary School is at Yarmouth Drive, Northern Moor, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 0BT.