Rushbrook Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Manchester·M18 7TN
Composite score
42.9
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National rank
#1443
In North West
#74
In Manchester
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
42 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
88
any preference, for 44 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
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1 per place
0.9720220.9820230.9720240.9720250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Rushbrook Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
518
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
64.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
60.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
28.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,015
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Rushbrook Primary Academy is a primary school serving Manchester, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 518 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Rushbrook Primary Academy 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Rushbrook Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 42 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 64% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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