Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester
Culcheth Lane, Newton Heath, Manchester, M40 1LUOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 209 schools in Manchester. It ranks 126th of 250 primary schools in Manchester. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in September 2017.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 12 September 2017, report published 17 October 2017
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 8 February 2023
Pupils see school as a happy place to be. They feel well cared for and welcome. Pupils respond well to the expectations that leaders have set for their behaviour. Pupils' conduct around school is calm and orderly. They are respectful of one another and work purposefully together. Although there are occasions when pupils fall out with each other, any misbehaviour, including rare incidents of bullying, are dealt with effectively by staff. Pupils feel safe at school. Leaders have set higher aspirations for all pupils' learning, particularly those with special educational needs and or disabilities (SEND), by designing a more ambitious curriculum. Pupils are keen to learn. They are starting to meet the goals that leaders have set out for their learning. They achieve well. Pupils enjoy a range of interesting extra-curricular activities that have been designed to complement the subjects that they study. Activities and clubs are carefully chosen to promote pupils' personal development, for example their resilience when raft building or rock climbing. There is a diverse range of clubs on offer, including skateboarding and archery.
What the school should improve
- Some disadvantaged pupils, including those with SEND, do not have enough opportunities to practise blending letters together to understand the words that they are reading. This affects their ability to keep up with the intended curriculum because they do not read with enough fluency. Leaders should ensure that these pupils get more opportunities to practise these skills to automaticity before moving on to learn new sounds.
- In a small number of subjects, leaders have not been clear enough about the key knowledge that they want pupils to learn. This means that pupils do not build on their prior learning as well as they do in other subjects. Leaders should define the essential knowledge that they want pupils to learn in these subjects so that pupils build more effectively on their prior learning to remember more of the topics that they study.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
59 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
387 pupils on roll, with places for 480
Schools near Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints C of E Primary School | 0.1 miles | Ofsted: Good | 56% met the expected standard |
| St Wilfrid's CofE Junior and Infant School | 0.2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 72% met the expected standard |
| Briscoe Lane Academy | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 61% met the expected standard |
| St Willibrord's RC Primary School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | 71% met the expected standard |
| Co-op Academy Broadhurst | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 62% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs N Malone
- Phone
- 01616812779
- Address
- Culcheth Lane, Newton Heath, Manchester, M40 1LU
- Local authority
- Manchester
- URN
- 105514
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.