St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Manchester · M40 0JE
Data updated
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 10 April 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
334 pupils · 106% of 315 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151359
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 43 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2025 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 10 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.96 first-choice applications per place45 places offered · 43 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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
Compare admissions across the area: Manchester school admissions · the wider Manchester authority
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 64% (Manchester 29%, England 60%) · Black African 18% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Manchester 17%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · 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)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,672; 18.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 22.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 25.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 19.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 24.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 42.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 39.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 17.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 3.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 14.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 5.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 32.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005251 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £217,000276 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £177,500–£254,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 7an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 18an 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