Abbott Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.449 miles
Published by Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Abbott Community Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 25 April 2024. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Abbott Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.449 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 there were 48 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 29 offers went to first-choice families and 19 first-choice families (40%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.449 miles away, the 5th shortest of 13 Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Manchester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Livesey Street, Collyhurst, Manchester, M40 7PR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 25 April 2024
Strengths
- “The school provides a nurturing environment in which pupils are happy and feel safe.”
- “The school’s motto, ‘Aiming high to achieve success’, is at the heart of everyone’s work.”
- “Pupils, including those who speak English as an additional language, rise to the very high expectations that the school has for them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 75% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 48 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Manchester.
- St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Malachy's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy New Islington 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Saviour CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park View Community Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Anne's RC Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Augustine's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published