Rolls Crescent Primary School
Rolls Crescent, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5FT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CHANGING LIVES IN COLLABORATION
- Head of School
- Mr J Reynolds and Ms H Turner
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Changing Lives in Collaboration
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 325
- URN
- 144913
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01612099930
About this school
Rolls Crescent Primary School is a primary academy in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 325 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
- Strong 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 | 54 | 51 | 50 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 59% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 4% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 75% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 73% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 76% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.00 | - | - |
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 Rolls Crescent 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 | 56% | 52.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 424 |
| 2023/24 | 413 |
| 2024/25 | 400 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rolls Crescent Primary School compares
Rolls Crescent Primary School ranked 49th of 125 primary schools in Manchester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 6.9% | 47.5% | 325 | — |
| St Wilfrid's RC Primary School | 92% | 3.6% | 54.2% | 212 | 0.3 miles |
| St Philip's Church of England Primary School | 41% | 2.8% | 38% | 173 | 0.4 miles |
| Crown Street Primary School | — | — | 16.7% | 80 | 0.5 miles |
| St Alphonsus RC Primary School | 76% | 4.5% | 39.7% | 167 | 0.5 miles |
| Old Trafford Community Academy | 52% | 6.5% | 57.5% | 324 | 0.6 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)
- 47.51%
- English as an additional language
- 66.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.88%
- Persistent absence
- 19.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Hulme
-
St Philip's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Crown Street Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Alphonsus RC Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Old Trafford Community Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
Rolls Crescent Primary School ranks 107th 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 Rolls Crescent Primary School teach?
- Rolls Crescent Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the head of school of Rolls Crescent Primary School?
- The head of school of Rolls Crescent Primary School is Mr J Reynolds and Ms H Turner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rolls Crescent Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rolls Crescent 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 Rolls Crescent Primary School?
- Rolls Crescent Primary School has 325 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Rolls Crescent Primary School full?
- Rolls Crescent Primary School has capacity for 472 pupils and 325 on roll (69%), 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 Rolls Crescent Primary School a faith school?
- No. Rolls Crescent Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Rolls Crescent Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Rolls Crescent Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Rolls Crescent Primary School?
- Rolls Crescent Primary School is part of CHANGING LIVES IN COLLABORATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Rolls Crescent Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rolls Crescent Primary School rank locally?
- Rolls Crescent Primary School ranked 49th of 125 primary schools in Manchester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rolls Crescent Primary School's absence rate?
- Rolls Crescent Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rolls Crescent Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rolls Crescent 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 15 July 2026.