St Luke's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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
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St Luke's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Luke'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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 53.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 49.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- For Reception in 2026, the school had 39 first-choice applications for 39 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 54% of pupils met the expected standard (England 62%), 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
- Langport Avenue, Longsight, Manchester, M12 4NG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 405 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy coming to this welcoming and caring school.”
- “They described it as a big family.”
- “Pupils know that staff will listen to them and give them the support that they need.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, these checks are at an early stage of development.”
- “This means that, in these subjects, school does not have a clear understanding of the impact of the curriculum on the depth of pupils’ learning or how effectively the curriculum has been implemented.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 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) | 54% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 39 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.
- Plymouth Grove Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Armitage CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stanley Grove Primary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Medlock 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Agnes C of E Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published