St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Manchester·M40 0DF
Composite score
20.2
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#14,448
National rank
#2235
In North West
#134
In Manchester
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
31%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
79
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2720220.8520231.0020241.0020250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
233
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
55.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
30.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,196
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston

St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston is a primary school in Manchester, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 233 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 31% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 23.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 23.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 55% 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. St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston 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.

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