Ravensfield Primary School
Clarendon Street, Dukinfield, SK16 4JG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CHANGING LIVES IN COLLABORATION
- Head Teacher
- Mr Oliver Kerr
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Changing Lives in Collaboration
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 386
- URN
- 151257
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01613442905
About this school
Ravensfield Primary School is a primary academy in Dukinfield. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 386 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
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
How Ravensfield Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.1% | 46.2% | 386 | — |
| Lyndhurst Primary School | 68% | 5.3% | 62.2% | 211 | 0.4 miles |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | 66% | 4.3% | 67.6% | 209 | 0.7 miles |
| St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield | 83% | 3.7% | 23.4% | 325 | 0.9 miles |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 45% | 4% | 26.4% | 212 | 0.9 miles |
| St Stephen's CofE Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.9 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)
- 46.19%
- English as an additional language
- 9.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.07%
- Persistent absence
- 15.83%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lyndhurst Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Dukinfield
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St Peter's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ashton-under-Lyne
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St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield0.9 miles
Primary · Dukinfield
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St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Dukinfield
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St Stephen's CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Dukinfield
- Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Lyndhurst Primary School Primary
- St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield Primary
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- Yew Tree Primary School Primary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- Rayner Stephens High School Secondary
- Cromwell High School Academies
- Oakdale School Academies
- Stansfield House Special schools
- Tameside Alternative Provision Academy Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Ravensfield Primary School teach?
- Ravensfield Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Dukinfield.
- Who is the head teacher of Ravensfield Primary School?
- The head teacher of Ravensfield Primary School is Mr Oliver Kerr, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ravensfield Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ravensfield 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 Ravensfield Primary School?
- Ravensfield Primary School has 386 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Ravensfield Primary School full?
- Ravensfield Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 386 on roll (80%), 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 Ravensfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Ravensfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ravensfield Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ravensfield Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Ravensfield Primary School?
- Ravensfield 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.
- What is Ravensfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Ravensfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census.
- Does Ravensfield Primary School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Ravensfield Primary School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 10 July 2026.