Rack House Primary School
Yarmouth Drive, Manchester, M23 0BT
460 pupils · 90% of 510 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Free school meals
- 49.9%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 18 November 2025, published 26 January 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 79% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 16% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.93 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 45 | 42 | 95 | 45 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 38 | 37 | 91 | 38 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 41 | 38 | 92 | 41 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 50 | 48 | 117 | 49 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 44 | 42 | 94 | 44 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 51 | 47 | 91 | 50 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 58 | 52 | 87 | 58 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 47 | 38 | 83 | 42 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.3 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Button Lane Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Northenden Community School 1.4 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Lime Tree Primary Academy 1.5 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Worthington Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.