Higher Openshaw Community School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Higher Openshaw Community School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 June 2023. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Higher Openshaw Community School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 105 of the 136 other Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place, against a published admission number of 45 places.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 19.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Manchester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Saunton Road, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1AJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 326 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this school.”
- “They enjoy learning, and they typically achieve in line with leaders’ high expectations.”
- “Pupils feel safe and cared for.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders have not ensured that teachers carefully check that pupils have learned and remembered this information.”
- “This means that teachers sometimes move on to new learning before pupils’ prior knowledge is secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 58% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Manchester.
- Varna Community Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Seymour Road Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Clement's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Willibrord's RC Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School Gorton 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published