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St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Dunkery Road, Woodhouse Park, Manchester M22 0NT · stanthonysrcprimaryschool.co.uk · 0161 437 3029
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 49%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Manchester 58%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 665
- 35 over 630 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.3%
- First language not English
- 51.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 66 families put the school first and 68 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 | 68 | 66 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 66 | 65 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 84 | 81 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 70 | 65 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 79 | 77 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 49% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 1% 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 | |||
| ▼49% | 62% | ||
| ▼1% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for St Anthony's Catholic Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Dec 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (72 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 72
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (39%) with SEND