Primary school

St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Manchester
  • M12 5LZ
Ofsted Inadequate · inspected Mar 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 7,183 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 48%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 61%61%2016/17: top 65%2017/18: top 37%37% · 2017/182018/19: top 67%2022/23: top 80%2023/24: top 90%2024/25: top 48%No exams

Against North WestArrows: North West rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM65% · North West 63%6/10 Middle+22.3 pts
Higher standard, RWM10% · North West 6%7/10 Above−20.4 pts
Reading score107 · North West 1057/10 Above+14.3 pts
Maths score105 · North West 1055/10 Middle−24 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 50% · 24 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 57% · 30 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 72% · 29 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 60% · 30 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 48% · 31 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 41% · 32 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 65% · 31 pupils · North West 63%72%41%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 24 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 7% · 30 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 7% · 29 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 20% · 30 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 0% · 31 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 3% · 32 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 10% · 31 pupils · North West 6%20%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 24 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 103 · 30 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 105 · 29 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 105 · 30 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 107 · 31 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 99 · 32 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 107 · 31 pupils · North West 10510799No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 24 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 102 · 30 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 107 · 29 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 107 · 30 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 106 · 31 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 100 · 32 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 105 · 31 pupils · North West 105107100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
25 of 25 who put it first2014 · 82.9%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2525
2nd121
3rd140

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Outstandingas predecessor
  3. 2015Ungraded visitas predecessor
  4. 2023Inadequateas predecessor

0 strong areas

5 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026199
Free school meals (past 6 years)36.3%
First language not English47.7%
SEN support20.7%
EHC plan1.8%
Absence (sessions missed)3.2%
Persistently absent pupils5.9%

Girls 58.1%Boys 41.9%

84.3% full · 236 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.9
Pupils per adult11.7
  • Classroom teachers 8
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 7.1
  • Other support 3.1

Teachers 10 FTE · Whole workforce 20.1 · 25 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,333
Spend per pupil£7,297
Staff spend per pupil£5,509
Reserve per pupil−£194
  • −£43,000revenue reserve
  • +£8,000in-year balance

Grants £7,140 · self-generated £194 · premises £473 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST (27 academies) · trust reserve £3,542,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it