Seymour Road Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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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Seymour Road Academy is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Seymour Road Academy 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 105 of the 136 other Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 45 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, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Manchester primary schools.
- At the higher standard, the 2024/25 figure was 10% of pupils (England 8%).
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
- Seymour Road South, Manchester, M11 4PR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 448 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 68.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Seymour Road Academy is a warm and embracing community that helps pupils to thrive both academically and socially.”
- “Pupils relish their time at school.”
- “They arrive each morning keen to learn new knowledge and to see their friends.”
To improve
- “However, from time to time, these are not used as effectively.”
- “In these instances, teachers do not identify what a few pupils have remembered.”
- “This means that these pupils are sometimes moved on to new learning too quickly before they have fully grasped prior content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 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) | 72% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 44 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.
- Higher Openshaw Community School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Willibrord's RC Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Varna Community Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ravensbury Community School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Clement's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's CofE Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Brigid's RC Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published