St Margaret's Road, New Moston, Manchester M40 0JE
10 reasons to choose St Margaret Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston
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St Margaret Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Manchester and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
St Margaret Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 22 members of Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. It is one of the 10 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Manchester LEA.
Average class size
St Margaret Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston usually has two classes per year, sometimes one, and an average class size of 26 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Margaret Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston ranks in the top 2% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 12% of schools.
The St Margaret Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. It is subject based, organised by cross curricular ‘Creative Curriculum’ themes for the foundation subjects, and includes some cross-curricular projects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School for all year groups and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Margaret Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Margaret Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.55am to 3.00pm. Breakfast club from 7.45am and after school clubs may extend the day to 4.00pm.
Find another school near St Margaret Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, New Moston
Hulme Grammar Prep School (2.5 miles); The Chadderton Preparatory Grammar School (2.6 miles); Chetham’s School of Music, Junior department (4.6 miles).
New Moston Primary School (0.5 miles); Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School (1.5 miles); Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Primary School, Chadderton (1.8 miles).
Hulme Grammar School (2.5 miles); Etz Chaim Boys’ School (3.7 miles); Mechinoh School (3.9 miles).
Middleton Technology School (2 miles); The Radclyffe School (2.3 miles); The King David High School (3.5 miles).