Davyhulme Road, Davyhulme, Urmston, Manchester M41 7DS
10 reasons to choose Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme
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Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Manchester and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 22 members of Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2021) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme ranks in the top 11% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 22% of schools.
The Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. It is subject based, organised by topics, and with some cross-curricular projects. Accredited Gifted and Talented programme. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for art.
Sport at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Gold Award.
The Arts at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme
Abbotsford Preparatory School (0.9 miles); Clarendon Cottage School (2.9 miles); Branwood Preparatory School (3.1 miles).
English Martyrs’ Roman Catholic Primary School, Urmston (0.9 miles); Flixton Primary School (1 mile); St Hugh of Lincoln Roman Catholic Primary School (1 mile).
Bridgewater School (4.2 miles); Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys (5.2 miles); St Bede’s College (5.4 miles).
Urmston Grammar Academy (0.9 miles); St Patrick’s RC High School and Arts College (2.4 miles); Stretford Grammar School (3.1 miles).