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St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary · Manchester · M40 8NG

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 July 2024

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At a glance

210 pupils · 88% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
61% of pupils (January 2026)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stedmundsrcprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
151605

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 17 families named it first for 17 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. Ofsted last graded it Good on 17 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 17 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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 52% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · White British 28% (Manchester 29%, England 60%) · Any other Black background 7% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 5% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · other groups together 3%

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)
6.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.2%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 20.02% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,912; 16.7% 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 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work13%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier22.3%62.3%
Social housing59.5%17.1%
Privately rented17.4%20.5%
Detached houses7.3%22.9%
Flats29.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15%21.1%
Households with no car or van48%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033678 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£168,00083 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£129,000–£200,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£270,500
Semi-detached (23)£190,000
Terraced (42)£169,000
Flat (12)£107,500

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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