St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Manchester · M40 9HF
Data updated
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 11 March 2020
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
288 pupils · 84% of 341 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 45.1% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.stdunstansmoston.com
- URN
- 151454
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 24 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. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 11 March 2020 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place24 places offered · 24 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)
Black African 48% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · White British 13% (Manchester 29%, England 60%) · Any other Black background 10% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 4% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Manchester 9%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Manchester 4%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Manchester 17%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
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 £47,964; 15.8% 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)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 25.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 26.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 13.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 25.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 56.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 39.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 11% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 48.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 7.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 7.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 7.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 44% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005226 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £197,000254 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £170,000–£240,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 17an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an 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