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Saviour CofE Primary School

Primary · Manchester · M40 7RH

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 27 January 2026 · report published 22 March 2026

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At a glance

119 pupils · 57% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
63.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
29.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.saviour.manchester.sch.uk/
URN
105548

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 9 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 27 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
45%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school45%
Median of its 12 closest peers47%
Manchester average59.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Linacre Primary SchoolBootle · 32 miles awayUrgent improvement17%
Elland Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Junior, Infant and Nursery SchoolElland · 20 miles awayRequires improvement12%
John Burns Primary SchoolLondon · 165 miles awayGood90%
Tower Bridge Primary SchoolLondon · 165 miles awayGood59%
Chesterton Primary SchoolNewcastle-Under-Lyme · 32 miles awayExpected standard38%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 162 miles awayGood53%
St Mary and St Pancras Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 162 miles awayGood (2019)71%
Dovecot Primary SchoolLiverpool · 27 miles awayNeeds attention25%
Abbey Hulton Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 32 miles awayGood40%
St Lawrence's Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 57 miles awayGood61%
Carnforth SchoolWorcester · 89 miles awayExpected standard75%
St Ambrose RC Primary SchoolManchester · 5 miles awayGood41%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 42% (Manchester 29%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black African 19% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Black African 13% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Manchester 17%, England 5%) · Not recorded 5% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Manchester 9%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Manchester 4%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Manchester 2%, England 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)
8.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.4%
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
17
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school

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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.2 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 £52,105; 37.5% 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£10,801
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £78,939; in-year balance -£17,048

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work15.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways35.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier26.9%62.3%
Social housing59.7%17.1%
Privately rented12.6%20.5%
Detached houses7.1%22.9%
Flats31.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van47.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033676 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£157,500103 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£124,000–£267,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (29)£260,000
Terraced (38)£220,000
Flat (35)£120,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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