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Rolls Crescent Primary School

Rolls Crescent, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5FT

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Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance95.7%
Attainment64% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils480

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jun 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, leadership and governance and early years expected standard; personal development and wellbeing strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in M15. Where we have them, council (Manchester) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
480
Free school meals
40.2%
0.1% above district average (40.1%)

Also: Manchester 46.7% · England 24.7%

SEN
28.5%
12.3% above district average (16.2%)

Also: Manchester 20.2% · England 18.2%

EAL
66.3%
7.4% above district average (58.9%)
Attendance
95.7%
0.4% below district average (96.1%)

Also: Manchester 94.5% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
12.9%
Attainment
64% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the M15 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2197.1%
  • 2021/2294.8%
  • 2022/2393.3%
  • 2023/2493%
  • 2024/2593%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2356%
  • 2023/2459%
  • 2024/2564%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
502
Pupils on roll
480

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Manchester page.

SEN support

SEN %
28.5%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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