St Ambrose RC Primary School
Voluntary aided primary school in Manchester (Manchester).
Location
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St Ambrose RC Primary School is a voluntary aided school for children aged five to eleven years old. We also have a nursery class which offers full-time education to children who are aged between three and four years old. The school has 240 places, 210 pupils in the main school and 26 full-time places in the nursery.
St Ambrose is in the top 20% of most deprived schools, with an index of 0.49% compared to 0.24% nationally. For information regarding our school's performance, click on the link below.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
11 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Athletics
- Basketball
- Computing
- Cricket
- Cross Country
- Dance
- Dodgeball
- Football
- Music
- Swimming
- Forest School
Awards
4 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Leading Parent Partnership AwardWorking with families
- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
- School Games MarkSport
- School Games Mark GoldSport
Key facts
- URN
- 105520
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Withington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (8 current, 1 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Matthew Johnson | Chair of Governors | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Marion Meakin | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Clair Watson | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Angela Ager | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Camilla McCorkell | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2030 |
| Mr Gary Cooper | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Francis O'Connor | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Fr Peter Tierney | Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2020 |
| Mrs Kimberley Fields Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record