St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester·M40 9HF
Composite score
42.0
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National rank
#1498
In North West
#81
In Manchester
Top 69%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
65
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
2%

Every child who put St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 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
314
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£2,825
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Manchester, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 314 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 19.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% 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. St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 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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