Rack House Primary School
Community school in Manchester, Manchester.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Age range | 2 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 460 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 510 |
| Free school meals | 49.90% |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Address | Yarmouth Drive, Northern Moor, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 0BT |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.rackhouseschool.org.uk/ |
| Telephone | 01619982544 |
| URN | 105448 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 18 November 2025, published 26 January 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 6 October 2021, published 2 December 2021:
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (primary school, about 0.3 km)
- Button Lane Primary School (primary school, about 0.6 km)
- Northenden Community School (primary school, about 1.4 km)
- Lime Tree Primary Academy (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Worthington Primary School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 1.7 km)
- Baguley Hall Primary School (primary school, about 1.7 km)
- St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden (primary school, about 1.7 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.