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St Andrew's CofE Primary School

Primary · Manchester · M19 2UH

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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 March 2023

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At a glance

298 pupils · 66% of 450 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
44.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
68.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.standrewsmanchester.org.uk/
URN
105507

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 41 Reception places, 0.78 first choices per place. We hold 9 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 2 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.78 first-choice applications per place

41 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
Manchester average59.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
South Grove Primary SchoolLondon · 156 miles awayGood (2016)61%
Bygrove Primary SchoolLondon · 161 miles awayOutstanding79%
North Beckton Primary SchoolLondon · 163 miles awayGood74%
St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolEdmonton · 154 miles awayGood53%
Harbinger Primary SchoolLondon · 163 miles awayGood63%
St John's Primary SchoolLondon · 155 miles awayOutstanding82%
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolCoventry · 76 miles awayGood62%
Holmleigh Primary SchoolLondon · 157 miles awayGood52%
Barley Croft Primary SchoolLeicester · 69 miles awayGood (2019)49%
St John and St James CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 155 miles awayExpected standard66%
Kingsmead Primary SchoolLondon · 159 miles awayOutstanding85%
Gorton Primary SchoolManchester · under 1 mile awayGood41%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
15 of 15 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 50% (Manchester 17%, England 5%) · White British 12% (Manchester 29%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 5% (Manchester 4%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Manchester 9%, England 3%) · Black African 5% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Manchester 0%, England 0%) · White Irish 1% (Manchester 0%, England 0%)

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Manchester: 2.24 suspensions and 0.03 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
21
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% 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)

35.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 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 £42,013; 18.8% 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£8,198
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £147,256; in-year balance -£13,168

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.2%62.3%
Social housing26%17.1%
Privately rented30.6%20.5%
Detached houses3%22.9%
Flats19.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van39.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005222 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£260,000539 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£226,000–£320,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£442,000
Semi-detached (159)£335,000
Terraced (351)£250,000
Flat (14)£154,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an 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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