Moorside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Swinton, 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 🔒
Moorside Primary School is a primary school in Swinton, Salford for ages 3–11 (community school). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Moorside 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, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest inspection (26 February 2026) gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Good (23 June 2016).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 11 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 46 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Holdsworth Street, Swinton, M27 0LN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 609 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 26 February 2026
Strengths
- “Warm smiles and kindly words greet pupils as they enter the school building each morning.”
- “A calm start and well-established routines mean that pupils settle quickly and enjoy their learning.”
- “Leaders' successful work to identify barriers to learning means that pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive effective support.”
To improve
- “Although pupils’ attendance is improving, some pupils do not attend school often enough.”
- “Pupils have not achieved as well as they should.”
- “Even so, a few older pupils have some gaps in their mathematics learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2026 (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) | 47% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 46 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 Charles' RC Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Deans Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broadoak Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Mossfield Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monton Green Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wardley CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published