St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston
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 Mary's CofE Primary School Moston is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston 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
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026, there were 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 105 of the 136 other Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- The latest Ofsted outcome, on 3 June 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome was Good, on 6 November 2018.
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
- St. Mary's Road, Moston, Manchester, M40 0DF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 235 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils come into this school each morning smiling.”
- “Pupils feel happy and loved due to the compassion and consideration that staff show them.”
- “A nurturing and caring atmosphere permeates through the school.”
To improve
- “However, in a minority of subjects, while the school has identified what pupils should learn, the curriculum does not set out coherently the order in which they should learn it.”
- “This means that pupils do not build their knowledge securely over time.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the activities teachers choose and the explanations they provide do not help pupils to learn content as deeply as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 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) | 31% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 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.
- Moston Fields Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- New Moston Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Broadhurst 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Charlestown Community Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lily Lane Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moston Lane Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published