St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School, Knutsford
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Knutsford, part of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cheshire East (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School in detail
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, multi-sports, dance, choir, coding, STEM, eco club and art.
The school runs after-school care.
Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 111358), 93% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 89% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School
Across Cheshire East, 92% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Cheshire East lodged 44 appeals against primary school offers; 26 reached a hearing and 2 succeeded (7.7% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School are St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 93% reading, 89% maths); Manor Park Primary School and Nursery (0.2 miles, Good, 81% reading, 71% maths); Egerton Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 93% reading, 93% maths); and Bexton Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 93% reading, 88% maths).
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary SchoolManor Park Primary School and NurseryEgerton Primary SchoolBexton Primary School
The trust
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School is one of 18 schools run by Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
All 18 schools in Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Academy Trust
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Knutsford Rail Station, about 810 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Vincent's School (outside), 40 metres away.
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in May 2026. Before that, as St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School (URN 111358), it was rated Good in May 2013. See St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 111358). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 81% to 93% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 85% to 89% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 77% to 82% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School
Term dates
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Cheshire East's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School is in Cheshire East; for families living there:
- Cheshire East's school travel policy: Compulsory school age travel policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Cheshire East is 6 (the median across 180 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 111358). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 47 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 43 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30 | 33 | 45 | 1.1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 30 | 31 | 55 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 26 | 25 | 53 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 30 | 29 | 45 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 30 | 31 | 54 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 28 | 25 | 41 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | 47 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 30 | 34 | 59 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 29 | 35 | 55 | 1.2 | 6 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Knutsford
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Knutsford
Across Cheshire East council
Places available
4,535
Applications
3,733
Got 1st preference
92.3%
Got preferred school
98.6%
All primary applications across Cheshire East council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 111358). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
3.9%
Overall absence
4.0%
Persistent absence
174
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School
Are there exam results for St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School?
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 111358), 93% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 89% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in May 2026. Before that, as St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School (URN 111358), it was rated Good in May 2013.
What is the catchment area for St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed, Cheshire East allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School?
Apply through Cheshire East's coordinated admissions process, naming St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Cheshire East is 6 (the median across 180 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School?
St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School is at Manor Park South, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8AL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)