Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Manchester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry182 applications · 30 places offered · 37 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 6.1; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2025 6.0; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2024 5.7; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2023 6.7; Manchester median median 2.5
- 2022 7.8; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2021 5.7; Manchester median median 1.9
- 2020 5.9; Manchester median median 1.8
- 2019 6.4; Manchester median median 1.9
- 2018 5.3; Manchester median median 2.0
- 2017 5.9; Manchester median median 2.0
- 2016 6.2; Manchester median median 2.0
- 2015 6.1; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 7.0; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Manchester median
Dashed bars: as Didsbury CofE Primary School (URN 105506), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 182 | 6.1 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 180 | 6.0 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 172 | 5.7 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 194 | 6.7 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2022 | 28 | 219 | 7.8 | 29 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 165 | 5.7 | 37 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 170 | 5.9 | 44 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2019 | 31 | 199 | 6.4 | 35 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 158 | 5.3 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 178 | 5.9 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 | 29 | 180 | 6.2 | 40 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 182 | 6.1 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 204 | 7.0 | 44 | 1.52 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 96% · Writing 79% · Maths 92% → all three 79% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Manchester median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 79% | 13% | 112 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 86% | 17% | 108 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 76% | 21% | 110 | 108 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Didsbury CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20226.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · ManchesterGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · ManchesterGood20232.6applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · ManchesterRemains Good20233.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · ManchesterGood20242.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · ManchesterStandards maintained20253.2applications per place
- 1.6 km · ManchesterRemains Good2024
- 1.8 km · Stockport20254.8applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · ManchesterRemains Good20232.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 142265 · 352/3305
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 236 pupils · 222 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Replaced
- Didsbury CofE Primary School (URN 105506)
- Address
- Elm Grove, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6RL
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources