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Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Wilson Road, Blackley, Manchester M9 8BG · mountcarmel.manchester.sch.uk · 0161 740 4696
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Manchester 58%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 428
- 93% of 459 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.5%
- First language not English
- 28.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 63 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 95% 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 | 60 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105555)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy on 5 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105555), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105555)
Jun 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105555)
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 41
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 54% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied