St Augustine's CofE Primary School, Manchester
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Augustine's provides an exceptionally warm and welcoming environment where children thrive. The early years setting is particularly strong, with skilled staff using high-quality interactions and carefully designed activities to help young learners develop confidence and secure foundations. The school has also made impressive strides in improving behaviour and creating a calm learning environment where pupils concentrate well and treat each other with respect.
Key Strengths
- Excellent early years provision where children thrive in a calm, nurturing setting and are well prepared for Year 1
- Effective phonics teaching with high-quality staff expertise and training
- Successfully improved behaviour with reduced suspensions and a calm, purposeful learning environment
- Strong safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and supported
- Good inclusion practices with staff working closely with external agencies and parents to support pupils with additional needs
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils' achievement and progress in mathematics and writing remains low, with too few pupils reaching higher standards
- Some teachers lack confidence explaining new concepts clearly, particularly in mathematics
- Attendance remains a concern with some pupils persistently absent despite school action
- Pupils struggle to recall earlier learning and make connections between topics, especially in older year groups
- Some knowledge gaps remain in subject-specific teacher expertise in certain areas
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed, making pupils safer and helping them feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
School council, eco-council, trips including residential visits, visits to local places of worship, Chinese New Year celebrations, world kindness day, visit to local court of justice, fundraising and community projects, tree planting and sustainability activities
St Augustine's CofE Primary School is a Church of England primary school in Swinton, Manchester. The school has strong early years provision and has made recent improvements to behaviour, but needs to focus on raising achievement in mathematics and writing, and improving attendance.
At a Glance
53.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 75%. Maths has declined from 78% to 67%. Writing has remained stable at around 79%.
Class Sizes
24.4
Avg class size
28.0
Infant (KS1)
25.3
KS2
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
103%
Over capacity
217 pupils
210 capacity
7 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Manchester
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Manchester
Admissions Demand - Salford
Places available
3,290
Applications
2,825
Got 1st preference
89.3%
Got preferred school
96.5%
Primary admissions across Salford (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.14778%
Overall absence
24.2236%
Persistent absence
161
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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