Rack House Primary School
Yarmouth Drive, Northern Moor, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 0BTOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Rack House Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 2 to 11. It is one of the 209 schools in Manchester. It ranks 27th of 250 primary schools in Manchester. Its latest Ofsted outcome is a report card, from an inspection in November 2025.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 18 November 2025, report published 26 January 2026
Each area is graded from urgent improvement to exceptional, and safeguarding is either met or not met.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 18 November 2025
One of the school's values is for pupils to be 'safe, secure and successful'. Pupils experience this in many different ways. For example, pupils trust that staff will help them with any concerns or worries. Pupils are confident that instances of bullying are infrequent. On the rare occasion it occurs, leaders deal with it quickly and effectively. Typically, behaviour in lessons and around the school is positive. This begins in the early years, where children follow adult instructions and are keen to help at tidy-up time. Feeling safe and secure helps pupils to focus on their learning. The school works with families to support pupils to attend school regularly. The support provided for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities enables them to progress well through the curriculum from their starting points. As a result, pupils across the school achieve very well in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6. Therefore, in these subjects, pupils have the knowledge they need in readiness for secondary school. While pupils enjoy their learning across the curriculum, there are a small number of subjects where they are not prepared as well as they could be for their next stage of education. Pupils' wider experiences are well catered for through trips to different places of worship, museums and local theatres. They benefit from opportunities to take on different leadership roles in school. For example, members of the 'Rights Respecting' steering group seek and act on the views of pupils to bring about improvements to the school. Pupils leave school well prepared for life in modern Britain.
What the school should improve
- Leaders should ensure that the content of subjects in the wider curriculum matches the subject-specific rigour of reading, writing and mathematics, supporting pupils to produce consistently high-quality work across the curriculum.
- Leaders should continue to further improve the attendance of pupils who persistently miss out on periods of their education.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
56 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
460 pupils on roll, with places for 510
Schools near Rack House Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 0.2 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | Not published |
| Button Lane Primary School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 49% met the expected standard |
| Northenden Community School | 0.9 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Lime Tree Primary Academy | 0.9 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | 69% met the expected standard |
| Worthington Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 68% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mr Darren Amesbury
- Phone
- 01619982544
- Address
- Yarmouth Drive, Northern Moor, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 0BT
- Local authority
- Manchester
- URN
- 105448
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.