Didsbury CofE 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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Didsbury CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2022. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Didsbury CofE 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
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer and the 6th highest of 132 Manchester primary schools.
- All 30 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- 8.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.5% 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
- Elm Grove, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6RL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 222 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy school, behave themselves and mostly achieve well.”
- “In some subjects they achieve highly.”
- “Pupils said that they learn ‘fun details about facts’.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, sometimes in the early years, children learn less successfully.”
- “However, in some subjects, particularly in the early years, leaders’ curriculums are less well thought out.”
- “This means that some teachers do not focus sharply enough on the knowledge that pupils should know and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 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) | 79% | 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: 37 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.
- Beaver Road Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Catherine's RC Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- West Didsbury CE Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broad Oak Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cavendish Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose RC Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published