# Rack House Primary School

Rack House Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 460 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E105448. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 460
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 105448

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 18 November 2025
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 79% of pupils at Rack House Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
16% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 16% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-aidans-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151028): 260 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), October 2023, before the school changed
- [Pioneer House High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pioneer-house-high-school-e142893): 310 m. Special. Standards maintained, January 2025
- [Button Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/button-lane-primary-school-e131938): 610 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Northenden Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/northenden-community-school-e152025): 1.4 km. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024
- [Dixons Brooklands Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dixons-brooklands-academy-e148965): 1.4 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Oakbrook School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakbrook-school-e152246): 1.4 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/105448)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105448)

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