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Higher Openshaw Community School

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Manchester
  • M11 1AJ
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2018

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 9,983 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 67%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 36%36%2016/17: top 58%2017/18: top 58%2018/19: top 80%2022/23: top 50%2023/24: top 66%2024/25: top 67%No exams

Against North WestArrows: North West rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM58% · North West 63%4/10 Below+15.4 pts
Higher standard, RWM0% · North West 6%1/10 Well below North West−21 pts
Reading score106 · North West 1056/10 Middle+35.6 pts
Maths score105 · North West 1055/10 Middle+39.6 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 62% · 34 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 60% · 40 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 64% · 42 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 54% · 52 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 62% · 39 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 56% · 43 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 58% · 45 pupils · North West 63%64%54%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 34 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 8% · 40 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 7% · 42 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 4% · 52 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 5% · 39 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 5% · 43 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 0% · 45 pupils · North West 6%8%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 104 · 34 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 102 · 40 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 104 · 42 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 102 · 52 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 104 · 39 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 104 · 43 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 106 · 45 pupils · North West 105106102No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 34 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 101 · 40 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 102 · 42 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 102 · 52 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 104 · 39 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 101 · 43 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 105 · 45 pupils · North West 105105101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
29 of 29 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2929
2nd150
3rd270

Last distance offered: London only

0.2 km from Openshaw & Gorton North · approx.: from the area's centre, not your door

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Good
  2. 2012Satisfactory
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2018Good
  5. 2023Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026326
Free school meals (past 6 years)62.5%
First language not English36.9%
SEN support21.2%
EHC plan8.3%
Absence (sessions missed)4.0%
Persistently absent pupils8.2%

Girls 48.4%Boys 51.6%

94.5% full · 345 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.2
Pupils per adult8.2
  • Classroom teachers 14
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 22
  • Other support 5.4

Teachers 17 FTE · Whole workforce 44.4 · 45 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£9,165
Spend per pupil£9,414
Staff spend per pupil£6,683
Reserve per pupil£615
  • +£200,497revenue reserve
  • −£81,348in-year balance

Grants £9,010 · self-generated £155 · premises £671 per pupil