St Mary's CofE Primary School, Manchester
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Mary's creates a warm, caring environment where children thrive both academically and emotionally. Staff are excellent role models who build strong relationships with pupils, leading to outstanding behaviour and regular attendance. The school is ambitious about helping every child succeed, with particularly effective support for vulnerable pupils and those facing barriers to learning.
Key Strengths
- Pupils achieve close to or above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics
- Strong safeguarding culture with effective systems that make pupils feel safe
- Excellent behaviour and attendance, with warm relationships throughout the school
- Well-planned curriculum that helps pupils build knowledge sequentially
- Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers could make more effective choices about how to teach foundation subjects to different year groups
- More precise teaching in some subjects needed to help pupils deepen their learning further
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met. Leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and acted upon, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Clubs, career-related experiences including Aspirations Day with visitors from nursing, police and computer science professions, wellbeing ambassador roles, librarian roles, first aid initiatives, road safety programmes
St Mary's CofE Primary School is a caring community where pupils achieve well and feel safe. The school has established strong safeguarding practices and positive relationships that support all learners, including disadvantaged pupils.
At a Glance
30.1%
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 declined from 90% to 79%. Maths has declined from 86% to 79%. Writing has declined from 76% to 72%.
Class Sizes
27.0
Avg class size
26.3
Infant (KS1)
28.0
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
87%
Available places
209 pupils
240 capacity
31 spare places available
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 Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.33491%
Overall absence
11.2426%
Persistent absence
169
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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