Varna Community Primary School | School performance

39%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

475

Pupils · 2024/25

57%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

39%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

475

Pupils · 2024/25

57%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

39%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

475

Pupils · 2024/25

57%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 19/05/2015

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityManchester

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Varna Community Primary School · Primary · Manchester

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

39%

-15pp

67%53%39%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 39%

RWM higher standard

-3pp

17%10%2%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 2%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

68%

Reading higher standard

21%

Writing expected standard

61%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

45%

Maths higher standard

11%

Science expected standard

73%

SPAG expected standard

63%

SPAG higher standard

18%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

99.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

475

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

57%

FSM eligible

53%

SEN

23%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

13%

Contact

Address

Chisholm Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2LE

Local authority

Manchester

Website

www.varna.manchester.sch.uk

Telephone

01617111023

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	39%	2%	68%	21%	61%	6%	45%	11%	73%	63%	103.0	99.0	102.0	—	—	—	23%	475
2023/24	54%	5%	66%	31%	66%	9%	63%	14%	78%	62%	104.0	102.0	104.0	—	—	—	23%	479
2022/23	58%	9%	67%	23%	70%	25%	63%	19%	79%	68%	102.0	101.0	104.0	-1.20	+2.60	-1.70	20%	477
2018/19	67%	10%	78%	29%	72%	12%	78%	31%	78%	79%	105.0	105.0	109.0	+2.50	+0.60	+3.00	13%	469
2017/18	67%	17%	75%	33%	77%	22%	78%	27%	72%	88%	105.0	105.0	109.0	+2.30	+2.10	+2.80	13%	480
2016/17	52%	7%	59%	22%	70%	9%	76%	17%	74%	74%	102.0	104.0	106.0	+2.70	+2.50	+3.40	14%	468

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	475	19.3	23%	57%	53%	5%	13%
2023/24	479	20.9	23%	56%	48%	5%	14%
2022/23	477	19.5	20%	59%	48%	5%	18%
2021/22	471	25.3	20%	57%	47%	5%	16%
2020/21	459	17.6	19%	54%	44%	—	—
2018/19	469	21.7	13%	51%	44%	3%	4%
2017/18	480	22.6	13%	56%	44%	3%	5%
2016/17	468	15.4	14%	66%	46%	3%	6%