St Joseph'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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St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Joseph'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
- 29.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 53.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- For Reception in 2026, the school had 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths results for 2024/25 ranked 3rd highest 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
- Richmond Grove, Longsight, Manchester, M13 0BT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “The school’s motto ‘to be the best that you can be’ is woven through its decisions and all that happens during the school day.”
- “It underpins the strong and respectful relationships that pupils develop with staff and with one another.”
To improve
- “This is not reflected in the outcomes achieved by Year 6 pupils in 2024.”
- “However, in some subjects, opportunities to help pupils to remember what they have learned over time are relatively new.”
- “Pupils are not confident when recalling or discussing their prior learning in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 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) | 60% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Plymouth Grove Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Agnes C of E Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanley Grove Primary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Armitage CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Longsight Community Primary 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published