Oasis Academy Temple

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester·M8 8SA
Composite score
36.9
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#11,925
National rank
#1778
In North West
#99
In Manchester
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
1%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
57 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
131
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
0.44 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 716 m
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
655
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
56.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
90.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,661
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Oasis Academy Temple

Oasis Academy Temple is a primary school in Manchester, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 655 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 1% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 93% of the families who made Oasis Academy Temple their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.44 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 56% 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. Oasis Academy Temple does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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