West Didsbury CE Primary School
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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West Didsbury CE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2023. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
West Didsbury CE 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 71 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer, the 7th highest of 132 Manchester primary schools.
- 59 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 73% was 3rd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester that have results.
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
- Central Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 4ZA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 402 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at this supportive and welcoming school community.”
- “They play and learn happily together.”
- “Pupils who have joined the school recently said that they made friends easily.”
To improve
- “In a few other subjects, leaders have not identified the most important knowledge that they want pupils to learn and remember.”
- “Subject leaders have not considered carefully enough the logical order of when the curriculum content should be taught to enable pupils to build their understanding of important concepts over time.”
- “Consequently, in these subjects, some misconceptions arise.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 71 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Cavendish Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Moat Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beaver Road Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Didsbury CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's RC Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose RC Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published