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Ravensfield Primary School

Primary · Dukinfield · SK16 4JG

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Urgent improvement

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Urgent improvementAchievement: Urgent improvementAttendance & behaviour: Urgent improvementPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Urgent improvementLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 4 February 2026 · report published 27 March 2026

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At a glance

386 pupils · 80% of 480 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
42.2% of pupils
English as additional language
9.6% of pupils
SEN support
25.2% of pupils
EHC plan
3.7% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.ravensfield.tameside.sch.uk/
URN
151257

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.84 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · usually has places

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,323
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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