Varna Community Primary School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C58
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Manchester, M11 2LE
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Higher Openshaw Community School
Saunton Road, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1AJ
Local ranking8th of 124 primary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
345
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 22 June 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 58.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 45
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 339
- Boys
- 173 (53%)
- Girls
- 153 (47%)
- Capacity
- 345 (94% full)
- SEND
- 29.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 62.5%
- EAL
- 36.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.3%
- SEN Support
- 21.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,767/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.2% 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: 29.8%
- White British: 28.6%
- Other: 8.6%
- Mixed Other: 8.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.8%
- Black Other: 6.3%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Asian Other: 1.8%
29.8%
Black African
28.6%
White British
8.6%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Saunton Road
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105471
- UKPRN
- 10070081
- Establishment No.
- 2303
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