Crowcroft Park Primary School
Stovell Avenue, Manchester, M12 5SY
250 pupils · 116% of 215 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Free school meals
- 67.4%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected 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 |
Inspected 18 November 2025, published 18 January 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 66% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.17 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 35 | 148 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 31 | 149 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 46 | 150 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 29 | 38 | 132 | 29 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 29 | 33 | 126 | 29 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 27 | 95 | 30 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 41 | 116 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 29 | 38 | 140 | 29 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Richard's RC Primary School 0.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Gorton Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Longsight Community Primary 0.7 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- St Agnes C of E Primary School 0.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Stanley Grove Primary Academy 0.8 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Chapel Street Community Primary School 1 km · Standards maintained (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.