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St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

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personMs Donna Malcolm

corporate_fareEMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

location_onManchester, M8 0SP

language Visit Website phone 1612056965

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2023

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Students

231

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Expected Standard

71%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Manchester, serving ages 3-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 31% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is an academy sponsor led in Manchester, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 216 pupils on roll, of whom 53% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 10% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #32 of 127 primaries in Manchester and #2,581 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 57%

Reading77% LA 71%

Writing77% LA 65%

Maths71% LA 70%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 54%England 61%

Reading70% LA 68% · Eng 74%

Writing73% LA 64% · Eng 72%

Maths57% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

40%

LA 52%England 60%

Reading47% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing50% LA 62% · Eng 71%

Maths47% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.3

Read

LA -0.3

-3.7 to 1.0

-1.5

Write

LA -1.2

-3.7 to 0.8

-3.4

Maths

LA 0.1

-5.6 to -1.2

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

29 November 2023

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2023-11-29

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2020-01-08

S5 Inspection EIF

Inadequate

Education

Inadequate

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Inadequate

2015-07-07

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.5%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 216 pupils. During this period, there were 2 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	216	2	0.9%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	215	0	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	226	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	227	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	221	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	232	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	231	2	0.9%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	217	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	226	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	220	1	0.5%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	212	3	1.4%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	225	1	0.4%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	231	0	0.0%	0.1%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 27 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 6 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Profound & Multiple Learning 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils