St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton
Wood Street, Manchester, M24 5GL
462 pupils · 96% of 480 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Free school meals
- 30.2%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 23 May 2023, published 6 July 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 48% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 59 | 175 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 57 | 51 | 119 | 56 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 66 | 133 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 60 | 137 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 52 | 51 | 124 | 51 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 50 | 47 | 105 | 49 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 52 | 50 | 110 | 52 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 48 | 45 | 70 | 45 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Parkfield Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Bowlee Park Community Primary School 0.7 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Middleton Parish Church School 0.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Hollin Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Little Heaton Church of England Primary School 1.5 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale 1.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.