St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary school in Manchester. Requires improvement (Mar 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 5 March 2024, report published 18 April 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to St John Bosco RC Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. St John Bosco RC 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.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
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 September 2026
The last inspection was in March 2024. 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.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.1 milesCrosslee Community Primary School
Report card, May 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention
- 0.3 milesCharlestown Community Primary School
School remains Good (Jan 2023)
- 0.5 milesSt Michael's Church of England Primary School, Alkrington
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024)
- 0.5 milesSt Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton, Rochdale
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024)
- 0.8 milesMoston Fields Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Sep 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.