Academy converter · Manchester

St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

3–11Ages
334Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
151359URN

St Margaret's Road, New Moston, Manchester, M40 0JE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.6 below Manchester median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Manchester

82 applications for 45 places · 110th of 125 in Manchester

Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 10 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
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 entry

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.6 below Manchester median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

82 applications · 45 places offered · 43 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.8; Manchester median median 2.4
2025 2.2; Manchester median median 2.4; as the previous school
2024 2.2; Manchester median median 2.4; as the previous school
2023 2.2; Manchester median median 2.5; as the previous school
2022 2.3; Manchester median median 2.6; as the previous school
2021 2.1; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2020 2.1; Manchester median median 1.8; as the previous school
2019 2.5; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2018 2.5; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
2017 2.1; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
2016 2.5; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
2015 2.4; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
2014 1.9; Manchester median median 1.9; as the previous school

This school
Manchester median

Dashed bars: as St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School Manchester (URN 105533), 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	45	82	1.8	43	0.96
Sep 2025 *	44	97	2.2	56	1.27
Sep 2024 *	44	95	2.2	45	1.02
Sep 2023 *	45	101	2.2	49	1.09
Sep 2022 *	44	102	2.3	47	1.07
Sep 2021 *	43	92	2.1	54	1.26
Sep 2020 *	45	94	2.1	59	1.31
Sep 2019 *	44	110	2.5	67	1.52
Sep 2018 *	45	113	2.5	70	1.56
Sep 2017 *	45	94	2.1	51	1.13
Sep 2016 *	44	111	2.5	60	1.36
Sep 2015 *	44	104	2.4	63	1.43
Sep 2014 *	45	87	1.9	47	1.04

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

1.8applications per place
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School
0.8 km · Oldham

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.7applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
New Moston Primary School
0.9 km · Manchester

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston
1.2 km · Manchester

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
Charlestown Community Primary School
1.2 km · Manchester

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
Yew Tree Community School
1.3 km · Oldham

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton, Rochdale
1.6 km · Rochdale

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.6applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
Moston Fields Primary School
1.6 km · Manchester

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.3applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
1.7 km · Manchester

Requires improvement2024

3.2applications per place

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 151359 · 352/3455
Trust: Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 315 pupils · 334 on roll
Free school meals: 29.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2025
Replaced: St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School Manchester (URN 105533)
Address: St Margaret's Road, New Moston, Manchester, M40 0JE
Local authority: Manchester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources