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St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Bethnall Drive, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 7ED · st-kentigerns.manchester.sch.uk · 0161 224 6842
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- 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
- 404
- 96% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 47.5%
- First language not English
- 34.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 48 families put the school first and 49 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 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% 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% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105584)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 12 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105584), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105584)
Oct 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105584)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 16
- 4% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied