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St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe

Primary · Manchester · M26 4GE

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 2 November 2023

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At a glance

223 pupils · 93% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
18.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
11% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.standrewsradcliffe.co.uk
URN
105350

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.03 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 2 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 30 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
21%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
Bury average64.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Marshside Primary SchoolSouthport · 27 miles awayGood56%
Exning Primary SchoolNewmarket · 145 miles awayStrong standard75%
St Mary's CofE School, TruroTruro · 256 miles awayGood33%
Unsworth Primary SchoolBury · 3 miles awayGood82%
St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary SchoolSandy · 132 miles awayGood38%
Pyrcroft Grange Primary SchoolChertsey · 169 miles awayExpected standard71%
Captains Close Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 80 miles awayGood55%
Manor Primary School, IvybridgeIvybridge · 230 miles awayGood33%
South Ascot Village Primary SchoolAscot · 165 miles awayNo current grade67%
Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication ResourceWakefield · 35 miles awayGood65%
Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough LakesSnodland · 194 miles awayOutstanding81%
Brinsworth Whitehill Primary SchoolRotherham · 42 miles awayGood63%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Bury 64%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Bury 13%, England 5%) · Black African 2% (Bury 4%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bury 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bury 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bury 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Bury 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.76 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bury: 1.99 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,880; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,721
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £47,300; in-year balance +£21,442

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.5%62.3%
Social housing2.3%17.1%
Privately rented16.2%20.5%
Detached houses25.7%22.9%
Flats2.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004998 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£200,000278 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£157,000–£255,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (66)£285,000
Semi-detached (106)£211,000
Terraced (101)£157,000
Flat (5)£125,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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