Northenden Community 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
Northenden Community 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.
Northenden Community 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 105 of the 136 other Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 29 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 16th lowest of 132 Manchester primary schools.
- 19.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 55.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- The school has 28.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester is 19.9.
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
- Bazley Road, Northenden, Manchester, M22 4FL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 232 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 26 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.
- St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rack House Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Ambrose RC Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Benchill Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Button Lane Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Didsbury CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Barlow Hall Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published