St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Manchester RusholmeConstituency

M14 7EDPostcode

9.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Manchester, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 404 pupils. St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is part of EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 65%
Higher standard: 17%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

35%

Asian

26%

Black

15%

Mixed

16%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

404

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

34%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 404
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 13 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
6 Nov 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.