The Olive School, Manchester
Primary · Manchester · M8 0DF
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Not yet graded
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119 pupils · 28% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 49.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 83.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 8.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 150714
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 112 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.87 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.87 first-choice applications per place60 places offered · 112 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Manchester school admissions · the wider Manchester authority
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
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Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Pakistani 56% (Manchester 17%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 24% (Manchester 9%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Not recorded 4% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Manchester 0%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Manchester: 2.24 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
16.67% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,568; 40% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 57% (77%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 20% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve -£4,000; in-year balance -£5,000
Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 25.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 30.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 11.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 34.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 52.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 35.6% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 28.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 35.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 7.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 22.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 16.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 33.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005143 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £172,500192 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £125,000–£245,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 7an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 38an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 17an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted