St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Manchester · M9 7AT
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 5 March 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
207 pupils · 86% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 34.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 152014
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 0.88 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 Requires improvement on 5 March 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.88 first-choice applications per place17 places offered · 15 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 38% (Manchester 29%, England 60%) · Black African 32% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · Any other White background 7% (Manchester 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Manchester 9%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 5% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 3% (Manchester 4%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Manchester 17%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Manchester 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%
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
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 28.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 21.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 24.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 21.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 57.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 19.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 23.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 6.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 6.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 5.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 25.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005139 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £246,500225 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £190,000–£330,000the 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
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 8an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an 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
Nearby schools
- Crosslee Community Primary School
- Charlestown Community Primary School
- Co-op Academy North Manchester
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Alkrington
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton, Rochdale
- Moston Fields Primary School
- Camberwell Park Specialist Support School
- Alkrington Primary School