Rolls Crescent Primary School, Manchester

Ofsted's report card from its 22 April 2026 inspection grades Rolls Crescent Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school provides a coherent, extensive personal development programme that is carefully tailored to pupils' needs and the school's urban context."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Published data shows that at the end of Year 6, the proportion of pupils who meet the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics is in line with national expectations."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations for pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders monitor the quality of the curriculum using evidence from assessments, work scrutiny, pupil voice and staff feedback."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed an ambitious early years curriculum which is clearly organised to ensure that children make progress."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school is inclusive and ambitious for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "School and trust leaders monitor closely all aspects of the school's performance."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that all staff design highly effective learning that consistently takes account of pupils' prior learning needs and starting points, including in the teaching of handwriting"; "Leaders should further strengthen their oversight of the progress that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities make, so that they have clear and concise evidence that they need in order to inform the best approaches for pupils' next steps".

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils at Rolls Crescent Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 74% in Manchester and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (75% in reading, 73% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Rolls Crescent Primary School as their first choice and 59 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 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 Rolls Crescent Primary School are St Wilfrid's RC Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 92% reading, 92% maths); St Philip's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 63% reading, 56% maths); Crown Street Primary School (0.5 miles); and St Alphonsus RC Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 86% maths).

Rolls Crescent Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Rolls Crescent 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.

52.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 59.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (33%), other ethnic groups (25%) and Asian (19%).

In 2026, 89 pupils (27.4%) received SEN support and 31 (9.5%) 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.

Rolls Crescent Primary School had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Deansgate Rail Station, about 1020 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ormsgill Street (opposite), 170 metres away.

In 2024/25, Rolls Crescent Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 1.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Rolls Crescent Primary School are Trinity CofE High School (0.5 miles), Manchester Academy (0.8 miles) and Eton Academy (1.1 miles).