Higher Openshaw Community School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B73
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Manchester, M11 1AJ
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Varna Community Primary School
Chisholm Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2LE
Local ranking55th of 128 primary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
472
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 39.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 2.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 45.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 99.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 62
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 475
- Boys
- 230 (48%)
- Girls
- 245 (52%)
- Capacity
- 472 (101% full)
- SEND
- 22.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.9%
- EAL
- 56.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 19.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,960/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 28.5%
- White British: 22.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 9.8%
- Other: 6.5%
- Asian Other: 5.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.9%
- Black Other: 3.7%
- Asian Chinese: 3.3%
28.5%
Black African
22.4%
White British
9.8%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Chisholm Street
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105459
- UKPRN
- 10070086
- Establishment No.
- 2278
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