Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester

Our Lady’s RC Primary School in Manchester continues to demonstrate good performance, maintaining its status since the last inspection in 2015. Pupils thrive in a supportive and welcoming environment that fosters a sense of belonging, leading to positive behaviors and attitudes towards learning. The school is ambitious in its expectations for all students, including those who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs, ensuring they are integrated into all learning opportunities. Parental support for the school is strong, and staff members express pride and satisfaction in their roles, contributing to a positive school culture.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and valued in a warm and inclusive environment.
• The school provides a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• Effective training and coaching are offered to staff for subject knowledge.
• Pupils engage in a variety of extracurricular activities, enhancing their learning.
• Strong focus on reading, with access to diverse and high-quality texts.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers need to emphasize subject-specific vocabulary more effectively.
• Staff are not consistently persistent in addressing pupils' errors and misunderstandings.

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's RC Primary School Manchester attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.2% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Our Lady's 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 Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.8% 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, 23.2% of pupils at Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.7% 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 Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester received £9,398 and spent £9,538 for each of its 185 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £35,000 (£187 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's RC Primary School Manchester's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester have?

Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester has 185 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester cover?

Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester?

Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester is at Whalley Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8AW.