Christ The King RC Primary School

Christ The King RC Primary School has successfully maintained its high standards since the last inspection and continues to provide a supportive and engaging educational environment for its pupils. The school fosters a strong sense of community, with staff and students embracing its mission, which cultivates mutual respect and a sense of belonging. Pupils demonstrate enthusiasm for learning and showcase notable achievements across various subjects, benefitting from well-designed enrichment activities and a curriculum that broadens their horizons. However, there are areas for improvement related to the consistency of applying language skills in writing across the curriculum and enhancing governors’ oversight for more effective leadership.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community and respect among pupils and staff.
• Ambitious and engaging curriculum designed to meet the needs of all pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• High levels of pupil engagement and enthusiasm for learning.
• Positive behavior and excellent attendance among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of spelling, punctuation and grammar in writing across subjects.
• Governors lack sufficient information to effectively challenge school leaders.

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 attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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 Christ The King RC 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 Christ The King RC Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.7% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Christ The King RC Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.4% 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 received £6,410 and spent £6,385 for each of its 234 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £64,000 (£272 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's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christ The King RC Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

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

Christ The King RC Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

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

Christ The King RC Primary School has 234 pupils on roll.

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

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

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

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christ The King RC Primary School?

Christ The King RC Primary School is at Holly Avenue, Worsley, Manchester, M28 3DW.