Russell Scott Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Tameside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Russell Scott Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Tameside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Russell Scott Primary 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 |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | 1.253 mi |
| Reception 2015 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school had 47 first-choice applications for 51 offers for Reception 2026: 46 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- 38.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 37.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Tameside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tameside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Clare Street, Denton, Manchester, M34 3LQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 440 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy and benefit from the warm and friendly culture at Russell Scott Primary School.”
- “They look forward to coming to school.”
- “The school has high expectations of what pupil should achieve.”
To improve
- “The unvalidated data shows that, in 2023, many pupils did not reach the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check.”
- “Some children join the Nursery or Reception classes without some of the behaviours and knowledge that they need to learn well.”
- “This affects the attention and listening skills of some children.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2024 (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) | 54% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 46 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 Tameside.
- St Mary's RC Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Poplar Street Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greswell Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Linden Road Academy and Hearing Impaired Base 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Audenshaw Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corrie Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published