Longsight Community Primary

About Longsight Community Primary

Longsight Community Primary is a state-funded mixed primary school in the Manchester local authority, educating 209 pupils aged 4 to 11. It sits in a competitive local landscape: among the 137 primary schools in Manchester, it ranks 47th, placing it just above the midpoint. For context, the top-performing peers in the authority include Didsbury CofE Primary School, Brookburn Community School, and Rack House Primary School. The school is led by headteacher Rukhsana Ahmed and has no religious character. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in November 2024, confirmed that standards are maintained, and the school retains its Good rating for overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and early years provision — all graded Good in the previous graded inspection back in 2015. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Cringle Brook Primary School, 1.3 km away.

Academically, Longsight Community Primary performs broadly in line with local averages. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Manchester average of 57%. That puts the school in the bottom half nationally, ranking 7,575th out of 13,686 primary schools. Looking at individual subjects, 71% met the expected standard in maths and writing, and 68% in reading. Higher-standard attainment is more modest: 11% achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 104 in both reading and maths. Progress measures are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The school does not have a sixth form or nursery provision.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 107 applications for just 29 places, with all first-preference applicants offered a place. The oversubscription ratio of 3.69 reflects strong local demand. Facilities include a library, playing fields, art studios, a sensory room, a gymnasium, music rooms and a sports hall. Sports offered include cricket, cross country, gymnastics, athletics, swimming and tennis, while clubs range from chess and book club to eco club, art club and choir. SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and hearing impairment. Parent View responses from 15 parents were overwhelmingly positive: 93% would recommend the school, 100% agreed their child is happy, and 100% felt their child is safe. This is a school that suits families looking for a well-regarded community primary in Manchester with strong parental satisfaction and a broad range of activities, despite academic results that are around the local average.

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