St Brigid's RC 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 Brigid's is excellent at supporting children with different starting points and needs. The school has outstanding leadership that ensures high expectations for all pupils, and teachers work hard to close gaps for disadvantaged children. From Early Years through to Year 6, children are well looked after and make good progress in their learning.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding leadership has brought rapid improvement across the school
- Early Years Foundation Stage provision has improved enormously and children get off to a very good start
- Teaching is good with some outstanding lessons, and teachers have consistently very high expectations
- Pupils behave well, attendance is improving, and they feel safe in school
- Excellent support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs, with attainment gaps closing rapidly
Areas for Improvement
- Not yet enough outstanding teaching to make the school outstanding overall
- Teachers sometimes miss opportunities to question pupils rigorously to take learning to the next step
- Resources are not always used imaginatively enough to make some lessons more interesting
- Pupils' work does not always show a clear response to teachers' marking
- Not enough pupils reach Level 3 at the end of Key Stage 1 and Level 5 at the end of Key Stage 2
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective - the school ensures pupils feel safe in school and has strong safeguarding information and procedures in place.
Extracurricular Activities
Breakfast club
St Brigid's RC Primary School is a good school that has made significant and rapid improvement since its previous inspection, driven by outstanding leadership. Pupils starting from below and well-below average starting points achieve well throughout the school, with standards by the end of Year 6 now at average and rising rapidly.
At a Glance
63.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 50% to 69%. Maths has declined from 60% to 55%. Writing has improved from 63% to 76%.
Class Sizes
25.8
Avg class size
26.7
Infant (KS1)
30.3
KS2
9
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
92%
Near capacity
219 pupils
239 capacity
20 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Manchester
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Admissions Demand - Manchester
Places available
7,395
Applications
5,691
Got 1st preference
97.3%
Got preferred school
99.5%
Primary admissions across Manchester (2025/26)
Inspection History(107)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.42573%
Overall absence
15.76087%
Persistent absence
184
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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