Ringway Primary School

Ringway Primary School continues to be categorized as a good school, fostering a positive environment where pupils feel happy and safe. The staff's high expectations encourage students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to strive for academic success. The school offers a well-structured curriculum and provides various extracurricular activities that enhance learning and personal development. However, there are some areas for improvement in specific subjects, particularly in ensuring all essential knowledge is defined and effectively assessed.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate positive behavior and have warm relationships with staff.
• Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum from early years to key stage 2.
• Staff are well trained to deliver the phonics programme effectively.
• Pupils feel safe and supported with their emotional and mental well-being.
• The school offers a wide range of extracurricular activities to enhance learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack finalised learning objectives for pupils.
• Assessment strategies in certain subjects do not effectively check pupils' understanding.

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 Ringway Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% 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, 2.3% of pupils at Ringway Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Ringway Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.0% 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, 17.3% of pupils at Ringway Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.7% 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 Ringway Primary School received £8,284 and spent £8,495 for each of its 411 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £74,000 (£181 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 Ringway Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Ringway Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ringway Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Ringway Primary School have?

Ringway Primary School has 417 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ringway Primary School cover?

Ringway Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 39% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ringway Primary School?

Ringway Primary School is at Rossett Avenue, Cornishway, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 0WW.