Ravensbury Community School, Manchester

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Ravensbury Community School on 7 areas: 5 needs attention and 2 urgent improvement. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Some pupils face complex personal circumstances that negatively affect their attendance."

Early years - Needs attention. "The newly introduced curriculum in the early years is at an early stage of implementation."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Variability in classroom teaching and task design limit pupils' ability to access the curriculum successfully."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Governors have overseen a school in which the quality of education has declined."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "Leaders have recently introduced a revised programme to promote pupils' wider development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Urgent improvement. "Too many pupils are not sufficiently prepared for the next stage of their education."

Curriculum and teaching - Urgent improvement. "Staff do not consistently use the strategies and approaches needed to secure high-quality teaching."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders must ensure that staff consistently use effective teaching strategies across the curriculum so that all groups of pupils, including those in early years, achieve well and secure essential knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics"; "Leaders must improve the use of assessment so that staff identify gaps and misconceptions promptly and use this information to match work closely to pupils' needs"; "Leaders should embed the new wider development programme, with a focus on expanding leadership opportunities, improving pupils' understanding of protected characteristics and increasing participation in enrichment activities, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities"; "Governors must improve their strategic oversight of the school through robust monitoring so they can evaluate the impact of leaders' actions accurately and drive sustained improvement"; "Leaders should continue their work to further reduce persistent absence".

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils at Ravensbury Community School reached the expected standard in reading and 59% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 74% in Manchester and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 64% in reading and 72% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 59 families put Ravensbury Community School as their first choice and 100 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ravensbury Community School are Ravensbury Community School (under 0.1 miles); St Willibrord's RC Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 90% reading, 81% maths); CofE School of the Resurrection (0.6 miles, Good, 82% reading, 82% maths); and St Brigid's RC Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 69% reading, 55% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Ravensbury Community School.

53.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Velopark (Manchester Metrolink), about 510 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ravensbury School (outside), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ravensbury Community School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Ravensbury Community School issued 6 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.