Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester

Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester at a glance

Located in Manchester, Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 206 pupils aged 3 to 11. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.