St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

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

Located in Manchester, Bury, St Michael'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 209 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Inadequate' when it was last inspected in January 2026. 58% 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%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points 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 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. If you are considering St Michael'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.