Academy · Manchester
St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Primary
- Ages 3–11
- Roman Catholic
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Manchester council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a primary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 11 families put this school as their first choice, and 11 places were offered. 11 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 11 | 11 | 100% |
| September 2025 | 15 | 14 | 100% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Learn and Play with Sade. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 3 October 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 207 (capacity 210)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
- Academy trust
- CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01619984126
- Address
- Rackhouse Road, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0BW
- Website
- st-aidans.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.