Rushcroft Primary School

Rushcroft Primary School is maintaining its status as a good school, with pupils expressing happiness in their learning environment and showing positive behavior. Leaders have set high expectations for achievement and conduct, resulting in a safe atmosphere where pupils feel supported and engaged. The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities that enhance the educational experience, including trips and clubs that help students develop holistically. While the curriculum is ambitious, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), there are some areas needing improvement. A few subjects lack effective assessment practices to ensure that students retain prior knowledge, which can hinder their overall learning progression. Nonetheless, the leadership team is focused on improvement and works collaboratively with staff to support their well-being and performance.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy coming to school and exhibit positive behavior.
• Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, ensuring full curriculum access.
• Effective reading program fostering confidence and fluency.
• Extensive personal development and leadership opportunities for pupils.
• Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupil safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment in a small number of subjects does not effectively check knowledge retention.

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 Rushcroft Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.7% 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 Rushcroft 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 Rushcroft Primary School had 28.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2023–24, 50.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 17.1%).

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, 25.0% of pupils at Rushcroft Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Rushcroft Primary School received £7,588 and spent £7,814 for each of its 164 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £141,000 (£861 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 Rushcroft Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rushcroft Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Rushcroft Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rushcroft Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Rushcroft Primary School have?

Rushcroft Primary School has 164 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rushcroft Primary School cover?

Rushcroft Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rushcroft Primary School?

Rushcroft Primary School is at Trent Road, Shaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL2 7YL.