Hemming Drive, Eccles, Manchester M30 0FJ
10 reasons to choose St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles, Manchester
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St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles, Manchester has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Manchester and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles, Manchester is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2014) inspection. It is one of the 5 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Salford LEA.
Average class size
St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles, Manchester has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles, Manchester ranks in the top 16% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 16% of schools.
The St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles, Manchester curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. It is subject based, though humanities subjects are organised by topics. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles, Manchester
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Gold Award.
The Arts at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles, Manchester
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
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