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Manchester, North West
St Gilbert's RC Primary School is a primary voluntary-aided school in Manchester, North West.
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St Gilbert's RC Primary School is a primary voluntary-aided school in Manchester, North West. It has not yet been rated by students on y.school. Be the first to rate this voluntary-aided school and help other students and parents understand what the school experience is really like.
In terms of academic performance, St Gilbert's RC Primary School has 61% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths at KS2.
The school has 123 pupils on roll, a teacher turnover rate of 12.0%, 14% of pupils eligible for free school meals, an overall absence rate of 4.4%.
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At St Gilbert's RC Primary School, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined at the end of Key Stage 2.
94% met the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths.
St Gilbert's RC Primary School has an overall absence rate of 4.4%. The national average for primary schools was approximately 6.0% (DfE, 2023/24).
The teacher turnover rate at St Gilbert's RC Primary School is 12.0%. This measures the percentage of teachers who left the school in the past year.
St Gilbert's RC Primary School has 123 pupils on roll.
14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is used as a proxy for socioeconomic disadvantage.
24% of pupils receive SEN (Special Educational Needs) support or have an Education, Health and Care plan.
St Gilbert's RC Primary School is in the lower half for KS2 results (reading, writing & maths) among schools with a similar intake (13–20% of pupils eligible for free school meals).
Compared with 2,752 schools nationally that have a similar share of disadvantaged pupils (13–20% of pupils eligible for free school meals). Raw league-table positions are heavily shaped by intake; this comparison isolates how a school performs relative to others facing similar circumstances. Source: Department for Education.
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