St Clement's CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Abbey Hey Lane, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1LR – View on map
- Phone: 01613013268
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jane Parker
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. 97% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 14 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
240 pupils on roll
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 151
- % eligible for free school meals: 62.9%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Manchester average)
- English as an additional language: 48% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 3.4% a year (Manchester 15.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Manchester average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 54% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 61% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 84%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 102
- Based on: 31 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 67th of 125 junior and primary schools in the area
- =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%
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73rd of 110 primary schools in Manchester for Ofsted rating
- #71St Catherine's RC Primary SchoolGood
- #72St Clare's RC Primary SchoolGood
- #73St Clement's CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #74St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #75St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,140 (2024-25)
77th of 130 primary schools in Manchester for spending per pupil
- #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
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