Crab Lane Primary School

Manchester · M9 8NB

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 412 pupils, 62.3% FSM

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Crab Lane Primary School

General Information

Address: Crab Lane, Higher Blackley, Manchester, M9 8NB – View on map
Phone: 01617402851
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Philip Hughes
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 43 families put it first for 43 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 43 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

412 pupils out of 472 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 254
% eligible for free school meals: 62.3%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Manchester average)
English as an additional language: 37% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 11% a year (Manchester 15.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 13% moved to another school, 87% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Manchester: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Manchester, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 17.5%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 14.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 34 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 56% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Manchester average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 50% against an expected 56%)
3-year average (expected standard): 50%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 64% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
Based on: 50 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolManchester averageEngland↗ Improving Up 10 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 3 percentage points below the Manchester average (59%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 75th of 125 junior and primary schools in the area

=72Pike Fold Primary School57%
=75All Saints C of E Primary School56%
=75Crab Lane Primary School56%
=75Sandilands Primary School56%
=75Stanley Grove Primary Academy56%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1St Wilfrid's RC Primary School92%
#2Brookburn Community School87%
#3Oasis Academy Aspinal86%
#4Abbey Hey Primary Academy85%
#5Chorlton CofE Primary School82%
#6Green End Primary School81%
=7Didsbury CofE Primary School79%
=7Oasis Academy Harpur Mount79%
=7Rack House Primary School79%
=10Barlow Hall Primary School77%
=10Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy77%
=10St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy77%
=13Abbott Community Primary School75%
=13Beaver Road Primary School75%
=13Ladybarn Primary School75%
=13Sacred Heart RC Primary School75%
=13St Richard's RC Primary School75%
=18Broad Oak Primary School74%
=18Park View Community Primary Academy74%
=18St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme74%
=21Cravenwood Primary Academy73%
=21Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester73%
=21Manley Park Primary School73%
=21Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School73%
=21West Didsbury CE Primary School73%
=26Cringle Brook Primary School72%
=26Seymour Road Academy72%
=26St Augustine's CofE Primary School72%
=26St Wilfrid's CofE Junior and Infant School72%
=26William Hulme's Grammar School72%
=31CofE School of the Resurrection71%
=31St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy71%
=31St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School71%
=31St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy71%
=31St Paul's CofE Primary School71%
=31St Willibrord's RC Primary School71%
#37St Margaret's CofE Primary School69%
=38Alma Park Primary School67%
=38Crossacres Primary Academy67%
=38Old Hall Drive Academy67%
=38Oswald Road Primary School67%
=38St Anne's RC Primary School67%
=43Crowcroft Park Primary School66%
=43Rushbrook Primary Academy66%
=45Manchester Communication Primary Academy65%
=45St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy65%
=45St John's CofE Primary School65%
=45Webster Primary School65%
=49Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester64%
=49King David Primary School64%
=49Old Moat Primary School64%
=49Rolls Crescent Primary School64%
#53Mauldeth Road Primary School63%
=54Chorlton Park Primary62%
=54Co-op Academy Broadhurst62%
=54E-ACT Blackley Academy62%
=57Bowker Vale Primary School61%
=57Briscoe Lane Academy61%
=59Benchill Primary School60%
=59Co-op Academy New Islington60%
=59Crumpsall Lane Primary School60%
=59St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester60%
=59The Willows Primary School60%
=64Haveley Hey Community School59%
=64Moston Lane Community Primary School59%
=64St Peter's Catholic Primary School59%
=67Abraham Moss Community School58%
=67Acacias Community Primary School58%
=67Higher Openshaw Community School58%
=67St Clement's CofE Primary School58%
=67St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School58%
=72Armitage CofE Primary School57%
=72Baguley Hall Primary School57%
=72Pike Fold Primary School57%
=75All Saints C of E Primary School56%
=75Crab Lane Primary School56%
=75Sandilands Primary School56%
=75Stanley Grove Primary Academy56%
=75Wilbraham Primary School56%
=80Chapel Street Community Primary School55%
=80Cheetham CofE Community Academy55%
=80Oasis Academy Temple55%
=80St Catherine's RC Primary School55%
=80St Clare's RC Primary School55%
=85Co-op Academy Medlock54%
=85St Andrew's CofE Primary School54%
=85St Luke's CofE Primary School54%
#88Plymouth Grove Primary School53%
=89Heald Place Primary School52%
=89Longsight Community Primary52%
=89Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester52%
=89St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School52%
#93Crosslee Community Primary School50%
=94Birchfields Primary School49%
=94Button Lane Primary School49%
=94St Anthony's Catholic Primary School49%
=97Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School48%
=97St Agnes C of E Primary School48%
=97St Brigid's RC Primary School48%
=97St James' CofE Primary School Gorton48%
#101Unity Community Primary47%
=102Irk Valley Community School46%
=102Ravensbury Community School46%
=102St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester46%
=105Holy Trinity CofE Primary School45%
=105New Moston Primary School45%
=105Saviour CofE Primary School45%
#108Lily Lane Primary School44%
=109Cheetwood Primary School43%
=109St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden43%
=111Claremont Primary School42%
=111Newall Green Primary School42%
=113All Saints Primary School41%
=113Gorton Primary School41%
=113St Ambrose RC Primary School41%
=113St Philip's Church of England Primary School41%
#117Moston Fields Primary School40%
=118Ringway Primary School39%
=118Varna Community Primary School39%
#120The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School38%
#121Charlestown Community Primary School36%
#122Ashbury Meadow Primary School32%
=123Peel Hall Primary Academy31%
=123St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston31%
#125St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester21%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,558 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

42nd of 130 primary schools in Manchester for spending per pupil

#40Crossacres Primary Academy£7,642
#41St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School£7,617
#42Crab Lane Primary School£7,558
#43St Clare's RC Primary School£7,519
#44Rack House Primary School£7,501

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1The Olive School, Manchester£12,633
#2Crown Street Primary School£11,773
#3Saviour CofE Primary School£9,806
#4Webster Primary School£9,425
#5Barlow Hall Primary School£9,376
#6Old Moat Primary School£9,077
#7St Ambrose RC Primary School£8,842
#8St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester£8,756
#9Broad Oak Primary School£8,534
#10St Anne's RC Primary School£8,533
#11King David Primary School£8,479
#12St Philip's Church of England Primary School£8,438
#13Peel Hall Primary Academy£8,371
#14Benchill Primary School£8,178
#15Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester£8,151
#16St Brigid's RC Primary School£8,119
#17Newall Green Primary School£8,072
#18All Saints Primary School£8,064
#19Baguley Hall Primary School£8,059
#20Rushbrook Primary Academy£8,015
#21Lily Lane Primary School£8,010
#22Chorlton CofE Primary School£7,945
#23Crowcroft Park Primary School£7,945
#24Crosslee Community Primary School£7,933
#25Claremont Primary School£7,881
#26St Willibrord's RC Primary School£7,852
#27Bowker Vale Primary School£7,851
#28St Wilfrid's RC Primary School£7,825
#29Plymouth Grove Primary School£7,816
#30Haveley Hey Community School£7,798
#31Higher Openshaw Community School£7,767
#32Ringway Primary School£7,756
#33Ashbury Meadow Primary School£7,724
#34Armitage CofE Primary School£7,721
#35Didsbury CofE Primary School£7,679
#36Button Lane Primary School£7,665
#37Abbott Community Primary School£7,663
#38Holy Trinity CofE Primary School£7,655
#39Cheetwood Primary School£7,650
#40Crossacres Primary Academy£7,642
#41St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School£7,617
#42Crab Lane Primary School£7,558
#43St Clare's RC Primary School£7,519
#44Rack House Primary School£7,501
#45St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme£7,494
#46The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School£7,489
#47St Augustine's CofE Primary School£7,470
#48St Andrew's CofE Primary School£7,456
#49Sandilands Primary School£7,454
#50Rolls Crescent Primary School£7,450
#51Charlestown Community Primary School£7,445
#52Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester£7,411
#53Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester£7,396
#54Wilbraham Primary School£7,374
#55St Margaret's CofE Primary School£7,365
#56St John's CofE Primary School£7,348
#57CofE School of the Resurrection£7,324
#58Cringle Brook Primary School£7,324
#59Pike Fold Primary School£7,303
#60St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£7,297
#61Birchfields Primary School£7,289
#62Moston Fields Primary School£7,288
#63All Saints C of E Primary School£7,278
#64St Wilfrid's CofE Junior and Infant School£7,270
#65Co-op Academy Medlock£7,243
#66Moston Lane Community Primary School£7,233
#67Irk Valley Community School£7,213
#68St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston£7,196
#69St James' CofE Primary School Gorton£7,186
#70St Luke's CofE Primary School£7,180
#71Manchester Communication Primary Academy£7,176
#72Green End Primary School£7,165
#73Ravensbury Community School£7,155
#74Heald Place Primary School£7,154
#75St Peter's Catholic Primary School£7,146
#76The Willows Primary School£7,145
#77St Clement's CofE Primary School£7,140
#78St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School£7,136
#79Abbey Hey Primary Academy£7,132
#80Acacias Community Primary School£7,118
#81St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester£7,118
#82Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School£7,089
#83St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester£7,087
#84Sacred Heart RC Primary School£7,030
#85St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£7,010
#86Cravenwood Primary Academy£6,992
#87Manley Park Primary School£6,980
#88Ladybarn Primary School£6,978
#89Varna Community Primary School£6,960
#90St Richard's RC Primary School£6,933
#91Longsight Community Primary£6,928
#92Crumpsall Lane Primary School£6,926
#93Briscoe Lane Academy£6,917
#94Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School£6,909
#95E-ACT Blackley Academy£6,903
#96St Paul's CofE Primary School£6,883
#97Chorlton Park Primary£6,869
#98Oasis Academy Aspinal£6,856
#99Cheetham CofE Community Academy£6,849
#100Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£6,831
#101Brookburn Community School£6,800
#102Oswald Road Primary School£6,786
#103St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£6,778
#104Stanley Grove Primary Academy£6,736
#105Mauldeth Road Primary School£6,710
#106St Anthony's Catholic Primary School£6,706
#107Unity Community Primary£6,703
#108St Agnes C of E Primary School£6,689
#109Old Hall Drive Academy£6,672
#110Co-op Academy New Islington£6,667
#111Oasis Academy Temple£6,661
#112New Moston Primary School£6,648
#113Park View Community Primary Academy£6,601
#114Gorton Primary School£6,569
#115Chapel Street Community Primary School£6,545
#116St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£6,518
#117St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School£6,494
#118St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden£6,470
#119Seymour Road Academy£6,448
#120St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy£6,440
#121Alma Park Primary School£6,310
#122Oasis Academy Harpur Mount£6,278
#123Co-op Academy Broadhurst£6,271
#124Beaver Road Primary School£6,161
#125St Catherine's RC Primary School£5,989
#126West Didsbury CE Primary School£5,718
#127St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£3,329
#128St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£3,071
#129St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£2,825
#130St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£2,436

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