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St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary controlled
Lincoln Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester M13 0DX · sjcfederation.co.uk · 0161 273 3621
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Manchester 58%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Manchester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 410
- 88% of 465 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38.8%
- First language not English
- 62.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Manchester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 37 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Manchester it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Positive
- 100%
- Replies
- 19
- 4% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (11%) whose child was bullied
based on 2 parents (11%) with SEND