The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementVoluntary aided school · Primary
Manchester · M14 7SH · Manchester
Ages 3–11
- KS245%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM48.3%
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 105422
Heald Place Primary School
Community school · Manchester · M14 7PN
Ages 3–11 · 572 pupils · Manchester
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
44%
Overall absence
5.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-11-26
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)44%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.9%
Unauthorised2.3%
- Authorised absence
- 2.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 541
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill108%
572 pupils · 530 places
- Pupils on roll
- 572
- Boys / girls
- 286 / 286
- School capacity
- 530
- Capacity fill
- 572 / 530 (108%)
- Free school meals
- 41.8%
- FSM pupils
- 239
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Hatim Kapacee
Location
- Address
- Heald Place, Rusholme, Heald Place Primary School
- Postcode
- M14 7PN
- Town
- Manchester
- Local authority
- Manchester
- District
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Manchester, Manchester, 572 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 41.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Claremont Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Manchester · M14 7NA · Manchester
Ages 3–11
- KS253%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM66.4%
0.3 miles away
Wilbraham Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Manchester · M14 7FB · Manchester
Ages 3–11
- KS246%
- Absence7.3%
- FSM61.0%
0.5 miles away
St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Manchester · M14 6HW · Manchester
Ages 3–11
- KS263%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM48.2%
0.6 miles away
Webster Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Manchester · M15 6JU · Manchester
Ages 3–11
- KS251%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM60.1%
0.6 miles away
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester
Ofsted: OutstandingVoluntary aided school · Primary
Manchester · M15 6JS · Manchester
Ages 3–11
- KS257%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM35.3%
0.7 miles away
St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Manchester · M14 7ED · Manchester
Ages 3–11
- KS267%
- Absence7.8%
- FSM47.5%
0.7 miles away
St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Manchester · M13 0DX · Manchester
Ages 3–11
- KS253%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM38.8%
0.8 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Hatim Kapacee
- Telephone
- 01612247079