St Willibrord's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 Willibrord's RC Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Willibrord's RC 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
- Reading, writing and maths in 2024/25: 71% met the expected standard (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- In Reception 2026, there were 20 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 55.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 65% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- The school has 17.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.4 across 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
- Vale Street, Clayton, Manchester, M11 4WR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, flourish at this welcoming school.”
- “They love to come to school each day.”
- “They value the support that staff provide, particularly with regard to their emotional health and well-being.”
To improve
- “In those subjects where recent changes have been made to the curriculums, assessment strategies are less well developed.”
- “This makes it harder for teachers to accurately pinpoint how successfully pupils have understood and retained important knowledge and skills over time.”
- “They have less oversight of the effectiveness of some other curriculum areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (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) | 71% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 20 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.
- Seymour Road Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ravensbury Community School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's CofE Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Briscoe Lane Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints C of E Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Higher Openshaw Community School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published