St John's RC Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Manchester·M21 9SN
Composite score
61.4
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#3,542
National rank
#445
In North West
#18
In Manchester
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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%
41 first choices, 41 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 41 places
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9820230.9720241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put St John's RC Primary School 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
405
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,847
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St John's RC Primary School at a glance

Located in Manchester, St John's RC Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 405 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 18.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St John's RC Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 41 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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