Graded inspection · Oct 2023 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry41 applications · 11 places offered · 11 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.7; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2025 2.6; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2024 2.6; Manchester median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2023 2.9; Manchester median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2022 2.7; Manchester median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; Manchester median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.4; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.5; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.7; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Manchester median
Dashed bars: as St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (URN 105519), 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 | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 * | 25 | 65 | 2.6 | 21 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2023 * | 28 | 80 | 2.9 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 81 | 2.7 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 * | 27 | 53 | 2.0 | 24 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 * | 26 | 56 | 2.2 | 21 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 66 | 2.2 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2016 * | 29 | 71 | 2.5 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 81 | 2.7 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 66 | 2.2 | 31 | 1.03 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20233.7applications per place
- 0.3 km · Manchester20252.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · ManchesterGood20233.0applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · ManchesterStandards maintained20242.8applications per place
- 1.5 km · ManchesterRemains Good20242.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · ManchesterGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · ManchesterRemains Good20234.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · TraffordGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · ManchesterGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 60%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
- 151028 · 352/3415
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 207 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2024
- Replaced
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (URN 105519)
- Address
- Rackhouse Road, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0BW
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources