Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester
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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Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester 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 23 May 2024. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester 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
- 41.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 51.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths results for 2024/25 were the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester that have results.
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
- Whalley Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8AW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 185 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils appreciate being part of this warm and friendly school.”
- “They enjoy seeing their friends and their teachers each day.”
- “This helps them to feel happy and to have a strong sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not give a strong enough focus on helping pupils to learn subject-specific vocabulary.”
- “This hinders some pupils in knowing the terminology that they need to consolidate and embed their learning.”
- “Nonetheless, staff are not persistent in identifying and addressing pupils’ mistakes and misunderstandings within lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 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) | 52% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.
- Manley Park Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oswald Road Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rolls Crescent Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's RC Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published