Moston Lane Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Moston Lane Community Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2022. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Moston Lane 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry, 49 first-choice applications for 49 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 20.4 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester is 22.
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
- Moston Lane, Moston, Manchester, M9 4HH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 456 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in early years, at Moston Lane Community Primary School enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are ready and keen to learn.”
- “Pupils are greeted by welcoming staff.”
To improve
- “In the minority of subjects where leaders have not finalised their curriculum thinking, teachers are sometimes unclear about the order in which new information should be taught.”
- “From time to time, this prevents teachers from choosing the most appropriate activities to help pupils to acquire new knowledge.”
- “Occasionally, this hinders some pupils from learning all that they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 2022 (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) | 59% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 49 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.
- Lily Lane Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moston Fields Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Harpur Mount 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Irk Valley Community School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published