Cavendish Primary School
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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Cavendish Primary School 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.
Cavendish 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 | 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 was also the case at 105 of the 136 other Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- The 2026 Reception entry had 53 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 29.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 35.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- There are 23.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 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
- Cavendish Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 1JG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 576 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 53 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.
- West Didsbury CE Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Moat Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Ambrose RC Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beaver Road Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Didsbury CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published