St Matthew's CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Manchester, Trafford·M32 9AN
Composite score
24.0
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#14,149
National rank
#2184
In North West
#60
In Trafford
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
37%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.8520231.0020241.0020250.872026

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

Every child who put St Matthew's CofE 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
153
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
29.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,675
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Matthew's CofE Primary School

St Matthew's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Trafford, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 153 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 37% 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 1.0 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 107 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 Matthew's CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 10.6%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. St Matthew's CofE Primary School 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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