Laurus Ryecroft

Laurus Ryecroft has demonstrated outstanding performance across all aspects of its operations since its opening in 2018. The school's leadership has set exceptionally high expectations for both academic and personal development, resulting in impeccable student behavior and impressive academic achievements. Leaders have crafted a curriculum tailored to students' needs and have emphasized the importance of reading, enabling pupils, including those with special educational needs, to excel. The school has established effective systems for safeguarding and fostering an inclusive environment, contributing to a positive school culture.

Strengths

• Exceptional leadership with high expectations for all pupils
• Impeccable behavior and highly motivated students
• Strong focus on both academic and personal development
• Well-designed and carefully thought-out curriculum
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• Engaging extra-curricular activities that promote leadership
• Strong emphasis on reading and literacy development
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff

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 Laurus Ryecroft attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 20.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 9.9% of pupils at Laurus Ryecroft were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Laurus Ryecroft had 12.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 16.3% of pupils at Laurus Ryecroft were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Laurus Ryecroft received £9,144 and spent £8,356 for each of its 1,149 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £362,000 (£315 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of The Laurus Trust, income was £8,057 and spending £7,826 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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Laurus Ryecroft is part of The Laurus Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Crown Street Primary School Manchester
• Norris Bank Primary School Stockport
• Priestnall School Stockport
• Didsbury High School Manchester
• Hazel Grove Primary School Stockport
• Laurus Cheadle Hulme Cheadle
• Cheadle Hulme Primary School Stockport
• Hazel Grove High School Stockport
• Cheadle Hulme High School Cheadle
• Woodford Primary School Stockport

What is Laurus Ryecroft's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Laurus Ryecroft is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Laurus Ryecroft last inspected by Ofsted?

Laurus Ryecroft was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Laurus Ryecroft have?

Laurus Ryecroft has 1,153 pupils on roll.

What age range does Laurus Ryecroft cover?

Laurus Ryecroft for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Laurus Ryecroft's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.1, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Laurus Ryecroft?

Laurus Ryecroft is at Lumb Lane, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 7LJ.