St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Manchester, St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 216 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 24.0 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 31% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 21 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 24.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% 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. If you are considering St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.