Rack House Primary School
Yarmouth Drive, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0BT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Darren Amesbury
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 510
- Pupils on roll
- 460
- URN
- 105448
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01619982544
About this school
Rack House Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 460 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Strong 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 | 61 | 59 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 81% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 24% | 16% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 85% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 86% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 86% | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +6.30 | - | - |
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 Rack House 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 | 75% | 52.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 448 |
| 2023/24 | 453 |
| 2024/25 | 449 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rack House Primary School compares
Rack House Primary School ranked 7th of 125 primary schools in Manchester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 5.9% | 51% | 460 | — |
| St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | 6.8% | 39.1% | 207 | 0.2 miles |
| Button Lane Primary School | 49% | 6.7% | 58% | 385 | 0.4 miles |
| Northenden Community School | — | — | — | 232 | 0.9 miles |
| Lime Tree Primary Academy | 69% | 3.5% | 28% | 473 | 0.9 miles |
| Worthington Primary School | 68% | 3.2% | 19.5% | 446 | 1.0 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
-
Graded inspection report18 November 2025
- 6 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.02%
- English as an additional language
- 28.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.94%
- Persistent absence
- 17.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Button Lane Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Northenden Community School0.9 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Lime Tree Primary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Sale
-
Worthington Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Sale
Other schools in Manchester
Rack House Primary School ranks 17th 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 Rack House Primary School teach?
- Rack House Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Rack House Primary School?
- The headteacher of Rack House Primary School is Mr Darren Amesbury, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rack House Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rack House 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 Rack House Primary School?
- Rack House Primary School has 460 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Rack House Primary School full?
- Rack House Primary School has capacity for 510 pupils and 460 on roll (90%), so it has space against 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 Rack House Primary School a faith school?
- No. Rack House Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Rack House Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Rack House Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Rack House Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Rack House Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Rack House Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rack House Primary School rank locally?
- Rack House Primary School ranked 7th of 125 primary schools in Manchester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rack House Primary School's absence rate?
- Rack House Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rack House Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rack House 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.