St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 105 of the 136 other Manchester primary schools with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers (1.0 first choices per offer, 23rd highest of 132 Manchester primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- At 45.1%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals compares with a middle figure of 57.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- There are 16.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21 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
- Bacup Street, Moston, Manchester, M40 9HF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 288 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.
- Lily Lane Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moston Lane Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Moston Fields Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Broadhurst 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Briscoe Lane Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published