Crosslee Community Primary School, Manchester

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Crosslee Community Primary School on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have adopted an ambitious and knowledge-rich curriculum since joining the trust."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have carefully redesigned the early years curriculum since joining the trust."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have greatly improved the school's approach to inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have worked resolutely to improve the school since joining the trust."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have enhanced the school's offer for pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Over time, pupils do not achieve as well as they should."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "While many pupils now attend school regularly, attendance has been below national averages over time."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils' achievement continues to improve and that gaps in learning close quickly, so that pupils achieve well across the curriculum and are ready for their next steps in education"; "Leaders should continue their work to improve levels of pupils' attendance and to reduce persistent absence, so that pupils attend school as regularly as they should"; "Leaders should continue to strengthen the quality of staff's practice in the early years, to ensure that children learn consistently well".

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils at Crosslee Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 74% in Manchester and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 63% in reading and 58% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Crosslee Community Primary School as their first choice and 56 named it as one of their preferences, for 33 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Crosslee Community Primary School are St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.1 miles); St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Alkrington (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 74% reading, 84% maths); Charlestown Community Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 62% reading, 52% maths); and St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton, Rochdale (0.4 miles, Good, 78% reading, 64% maths).

Crosslee Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Crosslee Community Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Changing Lives in Collaboration, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

61.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 35.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (41%), Black (17%) and Asian (16%).

In 2026, 90 pupils (24.1%) received SEN support and 22 (5.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Moston Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirkway (opposite), 150 metres away.

In 2024/25, Crosslee Community Primary School issued 56 suspensions, 14.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Crosslee Community Primary School are Co-op Academy North Manchester (0.4 miles), Co-op Academy Manchester (1 mile), Our Lady's RC High School (1 mile) and St Matthew's RC High School (1.1 miles).