Oasis Academy Aspinal

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester·M18 7NY
Composite score
55.9
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#5,192
National rank
#683
In North West
#34
In Manchester
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
86%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
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%
24 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 25 places
Applications from another council area
25%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020241.0020250.962026

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

Every child who put Oasis Academy Aspinal 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
39.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,856
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Oasis Academy Aspinal at a glance

Located in Manchester, Oasis Academy Aspinal is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 216 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 86% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 14.0 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 top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Oasis Academy Aspinal was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% 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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