Academy sponsor led · Manchester

Cravenwood Primary Academy

3–11Ages
385Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140661URN

Cravenwood Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5AE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMar 2017

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.2per place

0.8 above Manchester median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Manchester

112 applications for 35 places · 22nd of 125 in Manchester

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

73%met the expected standard

Manchester 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMar 2017

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

Inspection history

14 March 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
21 March 2017
Graded inspection: 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

3.2applications per place, Reception

0.8 above Manchester median (2.4) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

112 applications · 35 places offered · 32 named it first

2026 3.2; Manchester median median 2.4
2025 3.5; Manchester median median 2.4
2024 3.1; Manchester median median 2.4
2023 2.9; Manchester median median 2.5
2022 3.1; Manchester median median 2.6
2021 2.3; Manchester median median 1.9
2020 2.0; Manchester median median 1.8
2019 2.6; Manchester median median 1.9
2018 2.5; Manchester median median 2.0
2017 2.3; Manchester median median 2.0
2016 2.4; Manchester median median 2.0
2015 2.2; Manchester median median 2.0
2014 2.5; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Manchester median in 12 of 12 years.

This school
Manchester median

Dashed bars: as Cravenwood Community Primary School (URN 105409), the previous school.

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	35	112	3.2	32	0.91
Sep 2025	29	100	3.5	26	0.90
Sep 2024	36	110	3.1	35	0.97
Sep 2023	48	140	2.9	45	0.94
Sep 2022	37	115	3.1	34	0.92
Sep 2021	37	85	2.3	32	0.86
Sep 2020	46	90	2.0	42	0.91
Sep 2019	42	109	2.6	39	0.93
Sep 2018	41	102	2.5	35	0.85
Sep 2017	47	108	2.3	31	0.66
Sep 2016	52	123	2.4	45	0.87
Sep 2015	54	121	2.2	48	0.89
Sep 2014 *	44	109	2.5	42	0.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 82% · Writing 76% · Maths 84% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard73%21st of 123 in Manchester

Manchester 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard82%

Manchester 73% England 78%

Higher standard33%

Manchester 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard76%

Manchester 70% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Manchester 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard84%

Manchester 74% England 77%

Higher standard27%

Manchester 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (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	73%	0%	105	106
2023/24	67%	0%	103	104
2022/23	77%	0%	104	107

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

Cravenwood Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester
0.3 km · Manchester

Good2023

2.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
King David Primary School
0.3 km · Manchester

Remains Outstanding2023

1.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Crumpsall Lane Primary School
0.5 km · Manchester

Good2023

2.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Cheetham CofE Community Academy
0.9 km · Manchester

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
The Olive School, Manchester
1.1 km · Manchester

Not yet inspected

3.4applications per place
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School
1.2 km · Salford

Outstanding2023

1.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School
1.2 km · Salford

Remains Good2022

1.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Marlborough Road Academy
1.2 km · Salford

Good2023

1.7applications per place 45%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140661 · 352/2025
Trust: United Learning Trust
Capacity: 450 pupils · 385 on roll
Free school meals: 48.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2014
Replaced: Cravenwood Community Primary School (URN 105409)
Address: Cravenwood Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5AE
Local authority: Manchester

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