Primary school in Manchester
St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Bacup Street, Moston, Manchester, M40 9HF
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 11 March 2020.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 6 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 288
- Places
- 341
- How full
- 84% full — 288 of 341 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 138 / 150
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Manchester 007D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 25%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 27%
- Households owning their home
- 40%
- Households in social housing
- 11%
- Households with no car
- 44%
- Adults economically inactive
- 40%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Sarita Bailey
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward
- Moston
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South
- URN
- 151454
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lily Lane Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 44% | 0.2 mi |
| Moston Lane Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 59% | 0.5 mi |
| Moston Fields Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 40% | 0.5 mi |
| Co-op Academy BroadhurstAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 62% | 0.6 mi |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School MostonVoluntary aided school | No grade | 31% | 0.7 mi |
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Requires improvement 2024 | 45% | 0.7 mi |
| St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | — | 0.8 mi |
| Briscoe Lane AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 61% | 0.9 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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