St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led in Manchester, Bury.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy sponsor led |
| Age range | 3 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Religious character | Roman Catholic |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 202 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 236 |
| Free school meals | 26.10% |
| Trust or sponsor | ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Bury |
| Address | Ribble Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, Lancashire, M45 8NJ |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.stmichaels.stoccat.org.uk |
| Telephone | 01617666628 |
| URN | 149679 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 20 January 2026, published 17 March 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 21 June 2022, published 21 September 2022:
| Overall effectiveness | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years provision | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
This graded inspection was of the predecessor school (St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitefield, URN 105348).
Latest ungraded inspection: 11 March 2020, outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
This ungraded inspection was of the predecessor school.
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- Ribble Drive Community Primary School (primary school, about 0.2 km)
- Whitefield Community Primary School (primary school, about 0.6 km)
- Unsworth Primary School (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- Mersey Drive Community Primary School (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Higher Lane Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.