St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Bacup Street, Manchester, M40 9HF
288 pupils · 84% of 341 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Free school meals
- 45.1%
Ofsted
Good (2020) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
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 11 March 2020, published 13 May 2020. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 24 | 24 | 65 | 24 |
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
- Lily Lane Primary School 0.3 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Moston Lane Community Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Moston Fields Primary School 0.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Co-op Academy Broadhurst 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston 1.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 1.2 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
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.