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The Olive School, Manchester

  • 4–11Ages
  • 119Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • MuslimReligious character
  • 150714URN

151 Heywood Street, Manchester, M8 0DF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Not yet inspected
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.4per place
1.0 above Manchester median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Manchester

205 applications for 60 places · 13th of 125 in Manchester

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Not yet inspected

New schools are usually first inspected in their third year.

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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
3.4applications per place, Reception
1.0 above Manchester median (2.4) 1.2 above England median (2.2)

205 applications · 60 places offered · 112 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.4; Manchester median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.4; Manchester median median 2.4
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026602053.41121.87
Sep 2025591432.4961.63

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23

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

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Free schools
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
150714 · 352/2055
Trust
Star Academies
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Muslim
Capacity
420 pupils · 119 on roll
Free school meals
49.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2024
Address
151 Heywood Street, Manchester, M8 0DF
Local authority
Manchester

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