St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston, Manchester
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Mary's has a strong Early Years programme where children make good progress, and mathematics teaching is a real strength across all year groups. The school's reading programme is very effective and pupils enjoy coming to school. Parents support the school's caring approach and feel their children are safe.
Key Strengths
- Children get a good start in the Early Years Foundation Stage with effective teaching and progress
- Pupils achieve well and make good progress in mathematics throughout the school
- Pupils are polite, well-mannered, and feel safe at school
- The whole-school reading programme is very effective, helping develop literacy skills particularly at Key Stage 1
- Senior leaders have successfully improved teaching since the last inspection
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils' progress in reading and writing at Key Stage 2 is below national averages
- Not enough teaching is good or better - some lessons have slow learning because tasks are not matched to pupil abilities
- Marking does not consistently tell pupils clearly what they need to do to improve
- Leadership and governors do not monitor different groups of pupils carefully enough, particularly the most able and disadvantaged pupils
- Subject leaders' roles in improving teaching and learning need further development
Safeguarding
Pupils are well cared for and say they feel safe in school, with safeguarding systems in place.
Extracurricular Activities
breakfast club
St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston requires improvement overall. While the school has strengths in Early Years and mathematics, pupils' progress in reading and writing lags behind national averages, and not enough teaching is consistently good.
At a Glance
52.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
25 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 71% to 66%. Maths has remained stable at around 69%. Writing has declined from 57% to 45%.
Class Sizes
29.1
Avg class size
8
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Over capacity
235 pupils
236 capacity
1 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%
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.00427%
Overall absence
7.77778%
Persistent absence
180
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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