Manchester City Council

Schools, education and childcare Apply for a reception class place for September 2025

How primary school places are decided

Each school has a set number of places for the school year, starting in September. If too many people apply, the school uses its admission rules to decide who gets a place.

You should put at least three schools on your application – more if you like. If you put fewer, and you miss out, you could have little choice about where your child goes. 

See what happens if you don't get the place you want. 

See how primary reception admission places were made for September 2024

Schools' admission rules

Some schools use the Council’s rules; all places at these schools are decided in the same way. Others use their own rules. 

Primary schools that use our rules

  • Abbey Hey Primary Academy
  • Abbott Community Primary School
  • Abraham Moss Community School
  • Acacias Primary School
  • Alma Park Primary School
  • All Saints Primary School
  • Armitage CofE Primary School
  • Ashbury Meadow Community Primary School
  • Barlow Hall Primary School
  • Birchfields Primary School
  • Bowker Vale Primary School
  • Broad Oak Primary School
  • Broadhurst Primary School
  • Brookburn Community School
  • Button Lane Primary School
  • Cavendish Community Primary School
  • Chapel Street Primary School
  • Charlestown Primary School
  • Cheetwood Community Primary School
  • Chorlton CofE Primary School
  • Chorlton Park Primary School
  • Claremont Primary School
  • Crab Lane Primary School
  • Cravenwood Primary Academy
  • Crosslee Community Primary School
  • Crowcroft Park Primary School
  • Crumpsall Lane Primary School
  • Heald Place Primary School
  • Higher Openshaw Community School
  • Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
  • Irk Valley Community School
  • Lily Lane Primary School
  • Manley Park Primary School
  • Mauldeth Road Primary School
  • Medlock Primary School
  • Moston Fields Primary School
  • Moston Lane Primary School
  • New Moston Primary School
  • Northenden Community School
  • Old Moat Primary School
  • Oswald Road Primary School
  • Park View Community School
  • Peel Hall Primary School
  • Pike Fold Community  School
  • Plymouth Grove Primary School
  • Rack House Primary School
  • Ravensbury School
  • Ringway Primary School
  • Rolls Crescent Primary School
  • Sandilands Primary School
  • St Agnes CofE Primary School
  • St Augustine's CofE Primary School
  • St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School
  • St Clement's CofE Primary School
  • St John's CofE Primary School Longsight
  • St James' CofE Primary School Gorton
  • St Luke's CofE Primary School
  • St Margaret's CofE Primary School Whalley Range
  • St Mary's CE Primary School Moss Side
  • St Paul's CofE Primary School
  • St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School (Newton Heath)
  • Temple Primary School
  • Varna Community Primary School

See Manchester City Council rules

Schools that use their own admission rules

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