Light Oaks Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Salford
Light Oaks Infant School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 July 2022. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Lancaster Road, Lancaster Rd, Salford, M6 8LU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 255 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and children in the early years are happy and feel safe at school.”
- “They enjoy good relationships with one another and they make plenty of friends.”
- “Pupils said that staff listen carefully to any concerns that they have.”
To improve
- “Some older pupils’ concerns about behaviour are mostly about occasional high levels of noise.”
- “Despite these positive changes to the curriculum, in a very small number of subject areas leaders are still in the process of finalising the essential knowledge, including vocabulary, that staff should teach to children in the early years and to pupils in key stage 1.”
- “However, on occasions, some staff do not use the agreed content of the school’s curriculum as the basis for checking what pupils know and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 69 first-preference applications, 78 offers in total, 69 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2015 to 2026, as Salford published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Salford.
- Light Oaks Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
- St Luke's RC Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grosvenor Road Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Summerville Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clarendon Road Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published