Cravenwood Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led primary school in Manchester (Manchester).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Cravenwood Primary Academy is open to children from all backgrounds and of all abilities. We welcome all parents who would like to look around our school. If you would like to arrange a visit, please telephone 0161 795 3380 or email . Our admission policy is guided by the requirements of the law and will conform fully to the School Admissions Code.
The admission oversubscription criteria has been created so as to ensure fairness, transparency and ease of operation to minimise appeals. The planned admission number (Pan) for Reception is 60. The planned admissions number (Pan) for Nursery is 52. The Academy will admit children with an Education Health and Care Plan which names Cravenwood Primary Academy.
We will then allocate the remaining places in accordance with this policy.
Where more applications are received than there are places available, applications will be considered in accordance with the Academy's published oversubscription criteria following the order stated below: Where the number of applications for the Academy received during the normal admissions round exceeds the admission number of the school, then admission will be determined in accordance with the following priority of admission criteria:
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Badminton
- Basketball
- Computing
- Dance
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Music
- Stem
- Swimming
- Yoga
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Food for LifeRecognised award
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 140661
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (6 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Frank McCarron | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by academy members | since 2020 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Nicola Charleson | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Liza Eccleston | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Tracey Scholes | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Anam Siddiqi | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2021 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Chaz Affra Ginn | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2021 · until 2028 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record