Rack House Primary School

State-Funded School

rack-house-primary-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Wythenshawe and Sale EastConstituency

M23 0BTPostcode

8.7

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Rack House Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Manchester, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 460 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 26 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 81%
Higher standard: 24%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

17%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

460

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

28%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 460
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
2 Dec 2021	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
29 Oct 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.