Varna Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.542 miles
Published by Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Varna Community Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Varna 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 | 0.542 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Reception entry, the last child offered a place lived 0.542 miles from the school, the 5th longest of 13 Manchester primary schools with a published last distance.
- 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers in 2026 Reception entry: 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 39% (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
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
- Chisholm Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2LE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 467 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “The school fosters an environment that is aspirational for the achievement of all groups of pupils.”
- “The curriculum is broad and ambitious.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have the same opportunities as their peers because they are well supported to be successful.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, opportunities to help pupils to remember what they have learned over time are not used consistently across classes.”
- “When this happens, pupils are not confident when recalling or discussing their prior learning in these subjects.”
- “This makes it difficult for teachers to build on pupils’ prior knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 April 2025 (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) | 39% | 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: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Higher Openshaw Community School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Clement's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School Gorton 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Seymour Road Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published