Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester

Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester has been affirmed as a good school, showing positive trends since its last inspection in 2017. The school environment is welcoming, where pupils feel happy and safe, responding well to high behavioral expectations. They are engaged and eager to learn, supported by a well-designed curriculum that prioritizes reading skills. Notably, leaders have actively enhanced extra-curricular activities that foster pupils’ personal development. However, there are concerns for some disadvantaged pupils, particularly those with SEND, who lack adequate reading practice, impacting their fluency and overall academic progress.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and well cared for at school.
• Positive behavior and respect among pupils are prevalent.
• Strong focus on developing early reading and phonics skills.
• Effective support is in place for pupils who struggle with reading.
• Ambitious curriculum developed to build on pupils' prior knowledge.
• Engagement in a diverse range of extra-curricular activities.
• Pupils take pride in roles that promote leadership and responsibility.

Areas for Improvement

• Some disadvantaged pupils, including those with SEND, lack opportunities for reading practice.
• In a few subjects, leaders have not clearly defined the key knowledge for pupils to learn.

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 Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.6% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester 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 Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% 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, 23.5% of pupils at Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% 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 Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester received £7,988 and spent £7,801 for each of its 387 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £293,000 (£756 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 Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester last inspected by Ofsted?

Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester have?

Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester has 387 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester cover?

Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester?

Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester is at Culcheth Lane, Newton Heath, Manchester, M40 1LU.