Ravensfield Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Dukinfield, Tameside·SK16 4JG
Composite score
18.2
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National rank
#2261
In North West
#75
In Tameside
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
28%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 04/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Urgent improvement
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Needs attention

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 19 places

Every child who put Ravensfield Primary School 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
428
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,323
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Ravensfield Primary School at a glance

Located in Dukinfield, Tameside, Ravensfield Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 428 pupils aged 3 to 11. 28% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 18.0 percentage points compared with 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 100 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ravensfield Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 19 Reception places. There are about 22.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% 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. Ravensfield Primary School 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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