St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Manchester · M23 0BW
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 3 October 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
207 pupils · 99% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 27% of pupils
- SEN support
- 19.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.st-aidans.co.uk/
- URN
- 151028
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place11 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
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
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.