Poplar Street Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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.
Poplar Street Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Tameside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Poplar Street 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2016 | Not published |
| Reception 2015 | Not published |
| Reception 2012 | Not published |
| Reception 2011 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 58 first-choice applications for 59 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 22.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 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
- Ravenwood Drive, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5EF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 447 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this welcoming, nurturing and caring school.”
- “This helps to forge the positive relationships that exist between pupils and staff.”
- “There is a strong sense of community at the school.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two subjects, leaders have not identified all the steps in learning that pupils must take from the early years through to key stage 2.”
- “On occasions, this prevents some pupils from knowing and remembering all that they could.”
- “This is because, at times, pupils do not have enough opportunity to revisit their previous learning so that new knowledge is fully secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 October 2022 (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) | 60% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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 Stephen's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Audenshaw Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Russell Scott Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ravensfield Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aldwyn Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashton West End Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published