Crowcroft Park Primary School
Stovell Avenue, Manchester, M12 5SY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Juliet Francis
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 215
- Pupils on roll
- 250
- URN
- 105413
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01612245914
About this school
Crowcroft Park Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 250 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 31 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 55% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 65% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 74% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 68% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Crowcroft Park Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Manchester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 66% | 52.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 241 |
| 2023/24 | 241 |
| 2024/25 | 251 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crowcroft Park Primary School compares
Crowcroft Park Primary School ranked 43rd of 125 primary schools in Manchester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 6.4% | 65.9% | 250 | — |
| St Richard's RC Primary School | 75% | 4.6% | 54.3% | 454 | 0.1 miles |
| Gorton Primary School | 41% | 7.7% | 56.2% | 446 | 0.4 miles |
| Longsight Community Primary | 52% | 5.7% | 56% | 205 | 0.5 miles |
| St Agnes C of E Primary School | 48% | 7.7% | 42.3% | 429 | 0.5 miles |
| Stanley Grove Primary Academy | 56% | 5.5% | 56.8% | 673 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.88%
- English as an additional language
- 91.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.36%
- Persistent absence
- 11.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Richard's RC Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Gorton Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Longsight Community Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
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St Agnes C of E Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Stanley Grove Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Longsight
Other schools in Manchester
Crowcroft Park Primary School ranks 94th of the 252 ranked primary schools in Manchester.
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primary
- Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Acacias Community Primary School Primary
- Acre Hall Primary School Primary
- Aldwyn Primary School Primary
- Alkrington Primary School Primary
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Primary
- All Saints Primary School Primary
- Alma Park Primary School Primary
- Armitage CofE Primary School Primary
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crowcroft Park Primary School teach?
- Crowcroft Park Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Crowcroft Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Crowcroft Park Primary School is Mrs Juliet Francis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crowcroft Park Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crowcroft Park Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Crowcroft Park Primary School?
- Crowcroft Park Primary School has 250 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Crowcroft Park Primary School full?
- Crowcroft Park Primary School has capacity for 215 pupils and 250 on roll (116%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Crowcroft Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Crowcroft Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Crowcroft Park Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Crowcroft Park Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Crowcroft Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crowcroft Park Primary School rank locally?
- Crowcroft Park Primary School ranked 43rd of 125 primary schools in Manchester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crowcroft Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Crowcroft Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crowcroft Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crowcroft Park Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.