St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy
Parkhouse Street, Manchester, M11 2JX
220 pupils · 93% of 236 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- VANTAGE CE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Free school meals
- 65%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — 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 5 June 2024, published 30 June 2024. 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 | 77% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 6% |
“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 — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 28 | 27 | 72 | 28 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 29 | 29 | 70 | 29 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 16 | 11 | 39 | 14 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 28 | 26 | 66 | 28 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 26 | 25 | 71 | 26 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 20 | 18 | 32 | 18 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 31 | 51 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 40 | 70 | 30 |
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
- St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.6 km · Inadequate (2023) · previous system
- St Brigid's RC Primary School 0.8 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- All Saints Primary School 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Varna Community Primary School 1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- CofE School of the Resurrection 1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Higher Openshaw Community School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · 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.