Lower Kersal Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lower Kersal Community Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Lower Kersal Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- For Reception 2026, there were 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in all 11 earlier years, with the last distance swinging sharply between some years.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Salford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Aidan's Grove, Salford, M7 3TN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 245 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “Lower Kersal Community Primary School is ‘a school where everyone matters’.”
- “This is displayed through the strong relationships between staff and pupil.”
- “Pupils are particularly accepting of others who are different to themselves.”
To improve
- “In some subjects where the curriculum is newer, a small number of teachers do not have the subject knowledge to present information clearly.”
- “This hinders pupils from deepening their knowledge over time.”
- “However, on occasion, misconceptions are not tackled swiftly or efficiently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Salford.
- St Sebastian's RC Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Boniface RC Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brentnall Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- River View Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Philip's RC Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published