Longsight Community Primary

Longsight Community Primary School is performing well, maintaining the standards observed in the previous inspection. The school's executive leadership is effective, fostering a positive school culture where pupils feel proud and engaged. The school prioritizes high aspirations for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring that all pupils are well-prepared for their future education. Relationships between staff and pupils are characterized by respect and support, enhancing the overall learning environment.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate pride in their school and celebrate diversity.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils promote mutual respect.
• High aspirations for all pupils lead to well-prepared learners.
• Effective delivery of the phonics curriculum aids reading success.
• Staff training is well-tailored and enhances curriculum delivery.
• Pupils exhibit positive attitudes and engage eagerly in learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack opportunities for revisiting essential knowledge, leading to insecure foundations for new learning.

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 Longsight Community Primary attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.8% 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 Longsight Community Primary 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 Longsight Community Primary had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.5% 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, 15.6% of pupils at Longsight Community Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.8% 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 2024–25 Longsight Community Primary received £12,243 and spent £11,522 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £458,000 (£2,191 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Big Life Schools, income was £12,129 and spending £11,379 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Longsight Community Primary is part of Big Life Schools, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Unity Community Primary Manchester

What is Longsight Community Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Longsight Community Primary is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Longsight Community Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Longsight Community Primary was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Longsight Community Primary have?

Longsight Community Primary has 205 pupils on roll.

What age range does Longsight Community Primary cover?

Longsight Community Primary for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Longsight Community Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Longsight Community Primary?

Longsight Community Primary is at Farrer Road, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 0QX.