Varna Community Primary School
Primary schoolVarna Community Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 467 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 39% of pupils at Varna Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 39% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99 | 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
In a straight line- Higher Openshaw Community SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- St Clement's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Music StuffIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file750 m
- St James' CofE Primary School GortonPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- St Barnabas CofE Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Abbey Hey Primary AcademyPrimary. Improved significantly, November 2024. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Manchester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).