Crossacres Primary AcademySt Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Manchester.

Summary of the comparison

Crossacres Primary Academy and St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Manchester.

  • Crossacres Primary Academy scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School scores 48 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Crossacres Primary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Crossacres Primary Academy was judged Outstanding and St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 67.0% for Crossacres Primary Academy and 52.0% for St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Crossacres Primary Academy (70.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School (57.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Crossacres Primary Academy versus St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ManchesterCrossacres Primary AcademyManchesterSt Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB73/100Stronger figureD48/100
Local ranking8th of 128 in Manchester Stronger figure100th of 128 in Manchester
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll702 237
Capacity420 236
LocationManchester, M22 5AD Manchester, M22 5EU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard67.0% Stronger figure52.0% 62.0%
At higher standard2.0% 3.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census702 237
Free school meals (ever 6)51.1% 38.4%
English as an additional language19.2% 21.5%
SEN support19.1% 18.1%
SEN with an EHC plan5.8% 6.3%
Attendance
Overall absence5.9% Stronger figure7.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence16.2% Stronger figure21.3% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Crossacres Primary Academy

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