Oasis Academy Temple
General Information
- Address: Smedley Lane, Cheetham, Manchester, M8 8SA – View on map
- Phone: 01612051932
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Robinson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 57 families put it first for 60 places – 10 for every 10 places. 93% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 392
- % eligible for free school meals: 62.4%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Manchester average)
- English as an additional language: 89% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.1% a year (Manchester 15.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 23% moved to another school, 77% 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
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: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 45 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 1% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the Manchester average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 49% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 63% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 103
- Based on: 86 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
Year 6 SATs: joint 80th of 125 junior and primary schools in the area
- =80Chapel Street Community Primary School55%
- =80Cheetham CofE Community Academy55%
- =80Oasis Academy Temple55%
- =80St Catherine's RC Primary School55%
- =80St Clare's RC Primary School55%
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49th of 110 primary schools in Manchester for Ofsted rating
- #47Oasis Academy AspinalGood
- #48Oasis Academy Harpur MountGood
- #49Oasis Academy TempleGood
- #50Old Hall Drive AcademyGood
- #51Oswald Road Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,661 (2024-25)
111th of 130 primary schools in Manchester for spending per pupil
- #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
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