St Mary's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Manchester, Trafford·M41 5TJ
Composite score
41.0
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#10,574
National rank
#1560
In North West
#51
In Trafford
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 12 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.8020230.8020240.8820250.832026

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

Every child who put St Mary'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
184
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,567
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

St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Trafford, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 184 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed 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 104 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 their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. St Mary'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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