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St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary school in Manchester. Requires improvement (Oct 2023).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 3 October 2023, report published 4 December 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around April 2026

The last inspection was in October 2023. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

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    Report card, Nov 2025: 1 strong, 6 expected

  2. 0.5 milesButton Lane Primary School

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    Good (Jul 2023)

  3. 0.7 milesNorthenden Community School

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    Standards maintained (Nov 2024)

  4. 0.9 milesSt Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden

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    School remains Good (Jun 2024)

  5. 1.0 milesBaguley Hall Primary School

    Primary, Manchester

    No overall grade. Quality of education good (Mar 2025)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.