St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School 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, 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (14%) 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 17.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.6 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
- Calve Croft Road, Peel Hall, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 5EU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They value spending time with their teachers and their friends.”
- “They appreciate the care that staff provide.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the essential knowledge that should be taught is not as clearly defined.”
- “This makes it harder for teachers to design learning and then accurately check that pupils are learning and remembering all that they should.”
- “However, pupils have a limited knowledge of the fundamental British values.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Peel Hall Primary Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crossacres Primary Academy 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Willows Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haveley Hey Community School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ringway Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Benchill Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published