St Clement's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.353 miles
Published by Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Clement's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Clement's CofE 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 | 0.353 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.353 miles from the school, the 2nd shortest of the 13 Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The middle last distance for Reception in 2026 across those 13 Manchester primary schools (this one included) was 0.51 miles.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd 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
- Abbey Hey Lane, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1LR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 62.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, are happy at this caring school.”
- “Everybody feels welcome, irrespective of any differences.”
- “The school is aspirational for pupils’ achievement, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, the school’s approaches to help pupils retain key knowledge successfully over time are at an early stage of development in some subjects.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not build their knowledge as well as they could.”
- “However, the proportion of pupils who met the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check was below average in 2024.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 February 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) | 58% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Varna Community Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Higher Openshaw Community School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School Gorton 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Seymour Road Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Old Hall Drive Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published