Primary school in Manchester
St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Hall Moss Road, Blackley, Manchester, M9 7AT
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 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
- 207
- Places
- 240
- How full
- 86% full — 207 of 240 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 94 / 113
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Manchester 003B, 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
- 29%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 22%
- Households owning their home
- 57%
- Households in social housing
- 19%
- Households with no car
- 26%
- Adults economically inactive
- 34%
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: L Pearson
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward
- Charlestown
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South
- URN
- 152014
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crosslee Community Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Inadequate 2022 | 50% | 0.1 mi |
| Charlestown Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 36% | 0.3 mi |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School, AlkringtonVoluntary aided school | No grade | 65% | 0.5 mi |
| St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton, RochdaleVoluntary aided school | No grade | 51% | 0.5 mi |
| Moston Fields Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 40% | 0.8 mi |
| Alkrington Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 73% | 0.8 mi |
| E-ACT Blackley AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 62% | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 77% | 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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