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St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 194Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 148326URN

Balmfield Street, Cheetham, Manchester, M8 0SP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.3 below Manchester median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Manchester

45 applications for 21 places · 85th of 125 in Manchester
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
71%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 23 June 2026Published 9 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 23 June 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 29 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Manchester median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

45 applications · 21 places offered · 21 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Manchester median median 2.4
  2. 2025 3.1; Manchester median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.5; Manchester median median 2.4
  4. 2023 4.9; Manchester median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.7; Manchester median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.0; Manchester median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.4; Manchester median median 1.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.1; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.5; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.5; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.7; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.9; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.6; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Manchester median in 5 of 6 years.
  • This school
  • Manchester median

Dashed bars: as St Chad's RC Primary School (URN 105525), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202621452.1211.00
Sep 202521643.1211.00
Sep 202426662.5261.00
Sep 202314694.9141.00
Sep 202226692.7261.00
Sep 202123452.0231.00
Sep 2020 *26612.4261.00
Sep 2019 *27572.1271.00
Sep 2018 *30752.5311.03
Sep 2017 *30762.5331.10
Sep 2016 *30802.7331.10
Sep 2015 *29832.9280.97
Sep 2014 *30782.6351.17

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 77% · Writing 77% · Maths 71% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%30th of 123 in Manchester
Reading
Expected standard77%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2571%10%104103
2023/2447%7%104100
2022/2340%0%10198

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148326 · 352/2047
Trust
Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
240 pupils · 194 on roll
Free school meals
50.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 January 2021
Replaced
St Chad's RC Primary School (URN 105525)
Address
Balmfield Street, Cheetham, Manchester, M8 0SP
Local authority
Manchester

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources