Longsight Community Primary
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Longsight Community Primary is a primary school in Manchester for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 27 November 2024. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Longsight Community Primary 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 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 1.2 first choices per offer, the 9th highest of 132 Manchester primary schools.
- For Reception in 2026, 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 18.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 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
- Farrer Road, Longsight, Manchester, M13 0QX
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 27 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They champion difference and celebrate the diversity that exists within their school and wider community.”
- “Everyone’s uniqueness is fostered, and everyone is welcomed.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils do not connect their new learning with what they have been taught before.”
- “This means that, sometimes, their knowledge is not as secure as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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) | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Agnes C of E Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanley Grove Primary Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Crowcroft Park Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Birchfields Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Richard's RC Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published