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Rolls Crescent Primary School

3–11Ages
325Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144913URN

Rolls Crescent, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5FT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.0per place

0.5 above Manchester median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Manchester

59 applications for 20 places · 29th of 125 in Manchester

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

64%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 22 April 2026Published 14 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard
Inclusion			Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching			Expected standard
Achievement			Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour			Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong 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

22 April 2026
Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
13 January 2022
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

3.0applications per place, Reception

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

59 applications · 20 places offered · 19 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 3.0; Manchester median median 2.4
2025 2.0; Manchester median median 2.4
2024 2.3; Manchester median median 2.4
2023 2.5; Manchester median median 2.5
2022 2.1; Manchester median median 2.6
2021 1.7; Manchester median median 1.9
2020 1.6; Manchester median median 1.8
2019 1.7; Manchester median median 1.9
2018 1.8; Manchester median median 2.0
2017 1.6; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
2016 1.8; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
2015 2.0; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
2014 2.1; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school

This school
Manchester median

Dashed bars: as Rolls Crescent Primary School (URN 131953), 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	20	59	3.0	19	0.95
Sep 2025	40	79	2.0	40	1.00
Sep 2024	42	98	2.3	40	0.95
Sep 2023	43	107	2.5	41	0.95
Sep 2022	60	123	2.1	60	1.00
Sep 2021	36	62	1.7	33	0.92
Sep 2020	53	87	1.6	52	0.98
Sep 2019	57	94	1.7	47	0.82
Sep 2018	60	106	1.8	61	1.02
Sep 2017 *	58	93	1.6	51	0.88
Sep 2016 *	60	105	1.8	62	1.03
Sep 2015 *	60	117	2.0	62	1.03
Sep 2014 *	60	128	2.1	77	1.28

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 68% · Maths 70% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%48th of 123 in Manchester

Manchester 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard74%

Manchester 73% England 78%

Higher standard38%

Manchester 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard68%

Manchester 70% England 75%

Greater depth14%

Manchester 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard70%

Manchester 74% England 77%

Higher standard38%

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	64%	14%	105	105
2023/24	59%	4%	104	103
2022/23	56%	6%	104	103

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

Rolls Crescent Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2026

3.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
0.5 km · Manchester

Good2023

2.4applications per place 92%met the SATs standard
St Philip's Church of England Primary School
0.6 km · Manchester

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Crown Street Primary School
0.8 km · Manchester

Not yet inspected

2.4applications per place
St Alphonsus RC Primary School
0.8 km · Trafford

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.6applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Old Trafford Community Academy
0.9 km · Trafford

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School
1.0 km · Manchester

Outstanding2024

1.7applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester
1.0 km · Manchester

Outstanding2024

2.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Webster Primary School
1.1 km · Manchester

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144913 · 352/2013
Trust: Changing Lives in Collaboration
Capacity: 472 pupils · 325 on roll
Free school meals: 52.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2017
Replaced: Rolls Crescent Primary School (URN 131953)
Address: Rolls Crescent, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5FT
Local authority: Manchester

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