How many pupils attend St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich?

St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich has 240 pupils on roll.

How do I apply to St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich?

St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Does St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich have a religious character?

Yes — St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

How are Reception places decided at St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich?

When St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in public care and previously looked after children — Children in public care and previously looked after children. This includes any "looked after child", "previously looked after child" and any child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order; 2. EHCP naming the school — Children who have an Education and Health Care Plan, where the school is the named school; 3. Sibling — Children who will have an older brother or sister attending the School at the time of their admission to the Reception class. 'Brother' or 'sister' includes full, step, half, foster and adopted brothers or sisters living at the same address and full brother or sister living apart, and 4 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If the distance from home to school does not distinguish between two or more applicants with equal priority for the remaining place, random allocation will be used as the final tie-breaker. This will be supervised by someone independent of the School.

What is the largest ethnic background at St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 71.3% of pupils at St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich

How places are decided at St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children in public care and previously looked after children — Children in public care and previously looked after children. This includes any "looked after child", "previously looked after child" and any child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order.
2EHCP naming the school — Children who have an Education and Health Care Plan, where the school is the named school.
3Sibling — Children who will have an older brother or sister attending the School at the time of their admission to the Reception class. 'Brother' or 'sister' includes full, step, half, foster and adopted brothers or sisters living at the same address and full brother or sister living apart.
4Resident in parish + CofE worship — Children who reside within the ecclesiastical boundaries of the Prestwich and Kersal Mission Community and who have attended Public Worship at a Church of England Church on a minimum of 18 occasions in the calendar year prior to admission.
5Resident in parish + other Christian worship — Children who reside within the ecclesiastical boundaries of the Prestwich and Kersal Mission Community and who have attended Public Worship at any other Christian Church on a minimum of 18 occasions in the calendar year prior to admission.
6Other children with CofE worship (not resident in parish) — Any other children who have attended Public Worship at any Church of England Church on a minimum of 18 occasions in the calendar year prior to admission.
7Any other children — Any other children, with priority given to those living nearest the school. Distance from the child's normal home address to the School will be used as the determining factor, nearer addresses having higher priority, measured using the Local Authority's straight line distance system.

If two applications tie: If the distance from home to school does not distinguish between two or more applicants with equal priority for the remaining place, random allocation will be used as the final tie-breaker. This will be supervised by someone independent of the School.

Children with a statement of special educational needs or EHCP naming the school are admitted before oversubscription criteria are applied (per statutory requirement, not numbered as criterion 1 in the document's list, though a separate criterion 2 references EHCP more generally for cases where the school is not uniquely named).

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.