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.
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.
See how primary reception admission places were made for September 2019
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
- Rushbrook Primary Academy
- 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
- Wilbraham Primary School
See Manchester City Council rules
Schools that use their own admission rules
- All Saints C of E Primary School
- Baguley Hall Foundation School
- Benchill Primary School Please contact the school directly
- Beaver Road Primary School
- Briscoe Lane Academy
- C of E School of the Resurrection Please contact the school directly
- Cheetham CofE Community Academy
- Christ the King RC Primary School
- Cringle Brook Community
- Crossacres Primary Academy Please contact the school directly
- Didsbury CofE Primary School
- E-ACT Blackley Academy
- Green End Primary School
- Haveley Hey Community School
- Holy Name RC Primary School
- King David Primary School
- Ladybarn Primary School
- Longsight Community Primary
- Manchester Communication Academy
- Mount Carmel RC Primary School Please contact the school direct
- New Islington Free School Please contact the school direct
- Newall Green Primary School Please contact the school direct
- Oasis Academy Aspinal
- Oasis Academy Harpur Mount
- Old Hall Drive Academy
- Our Lady's RC Primary School
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (Baguley)
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School (Gorton) Please contact the school direct
- Saviour C of E Primary School Please contact the school direct
- Seymour Road Academy
- Stanley Grove Primary Academy
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
- St Ambrose RC Primary School
- St Andrew's C of E Primary School Please contact the school direct
- St Anne's RC Primary School (Ancoats)
- St Anne's RC Primary School (Crumpsall)
- St Anthony's RC Primary School Please contact the school direct
- St Barnabas' CofE Primary Academy
- St Bernard's RC Primary School Please contact the school direct
- St Brigid's RC Primary School
- St Catherine's RC Primary School
- St Chad's RC Primary School
- St Clare's RC Primary School
- St Cuthbert's RC Primary School
- St Dunstans RC Primary School
- St Edmund's RC Primary School
- St Elizabeth's Primary School
- St Francis RC Primary School
- St James C of E Primary School (Rusholme)
- St John Bosco RC Primary
- St John Fisher and St Thomas More RC Primary School
- St Johns RC Primary School
- St Josephs RC Primary School
- St Kentigern's RC Primary School
- St Malachy's RC Primary School
- St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School
- St Marys C of E Primary School (Moston)
- St Mary's RC Primary School (Levenshulme)
- St Patrick's RC Primary School
- St Peter's RC Primary School
- St Philips CofE Primary School
- St Richard's RC Primary School
- St Willibrord's RC Primary School
- St Wilfrids CE Primary School (Northenden)
- St Wilfrid's RC Primary School (Hulme)
- The Divine Mercy RC Primary School
- The Willows Primary School
- Unity Community Primary School
- William Hulme's Grammar School (Primary)
- West Didsbury CE Primary School
- Webster Primary School