The Olive School, Manchester
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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The Olive School, Manchester is a primary school in Manchester for ages 4–11 (free schools). Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
The Olive School, Manchester 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 drew 112 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 1.9 first choices per offer, the highest of 132 Manchester primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 60 offers went to first-choice families and 52 first-choice families (46%) were not offered a place.
- There are 23.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.4 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
- 151 Heywood Street, Manchester, M8 0DF
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 119 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 112 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Oasis Academy Temple 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Cheetham CofE Community Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Unity Community Primary 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cravenwood Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cheetwood Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Malachy's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published