Community school · Manchester

Crowcroft Park Primary School

3–11Ages
250Pupils
PrimaryPhase
105413URN

Stovell Avenue, Manchester, M12 5SY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

4.9per place

2.5 above Manchester median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Manchester

148 applications for 30 places · 3rd of 125 in Manchester

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

66%met the expected standard

Manchester 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 18 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

18 November 2025
Report card · 7 Expected standard
20 October 2021
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

4.9applications per place, Reception

2.5 above Manchester median (2.4) 2.7 above England median (2.2)

148 applications · 30 places offered · 35 named it first

2026 4.9; Manchester median median 2.4
2025 5.0; Manchester median median 2.4
2024 5.0; Manchester median median 2.4
2023 4.6; Manchester median median 2.5
2022 4.3; Manchester median median 2.6
2021 3.2; Manchester median median 1.9
2020 3.9; Manchester median median 1.8
2019 4.8; Manchester median median 1.9
2018 4.5; Manchester median median 2.0
2017 4.4; Manchester median median 2.0
2016 3.8; Manchester median median 2.0
2015 4.2; Manchester median median 2.0
2014 3.7; Manchester median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Manchester median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Manchester median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	148	4.9	35	1.17
Sep 2025	30	149	5.0	31	1.03
Sep 2024	30	150	5.0	46	1.53
Sep 2023	29	132	4.6	38	1.31
Sep 2022	29	126	4.3	33	1.14
Sep 2021	30	95	3.2	27	0.90
Sep 2020	30	116	3.9	41	1.37
Sep 2019	29	140	4.8	38	1.31
Sep 2018	30	136	4.5	40	1.33
Sep 2017	30	131	4.4	29	0.97
Sep 2016	30	114	3.8	34	1.13
Sep 2015	30	125	4.2	43	1.43
Sep 2014	30	110	3.7	45	1.50

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 79% · Maths 83% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard66%42nd of 123 in Manchester

Manchester 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard72%

Manchester 73% England 78%

Higher standard34%

Manchester 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard79%

Manchester 70% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Manchester 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard83%

Manchester 74% England 77%

Higher standard21%

Manchester 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Manchester median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	66%	7%	106	105
2023/24	55%	3%	105	104
2022/23	66%	3%	103	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Crowcroft Park Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2025

4.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
St Richard's RC Primary School
0.1 km · Manchester

Good2024

2.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Gorton Primary School
0.6 km · Manchester

Good2023

2.6applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Longsight Community Primary
0.7 km · Manchester

Standards maintained2024

3.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
St Agnes C of E Primary School
0.8 km · Manchester

Good2022

2.7applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Stanley Grove Primary Academy
0.8 km · Manchester

Standards maintained2024

1.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Chapel Street Community Primary School
1.0 km · Manchester

Standards maintained2024

1.7applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Alma Park Primary School
1.1 km · Manchester

Remains Good2023

3.4applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Birchfields Primary School
1.2 km · Manchester

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.0applications per place 49%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 105413 · 352/2076
Capacity: 215 pupils · 250 on roll
Free school meals: 67.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Stovell Avenue, Manchester, M12 5SY
Local authority: Manchester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources