Bridgewater Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, 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 🔒
Bridgewater Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Bridgewater 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, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- That was the highest of 8 schools in 2024/25: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford that have results.
- Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 51 offers; 44 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- The school has 17.1 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford is 18.9.
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
- Bridgewater Street, Little Hulton, Manchester, M38 9WD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 442 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this happy, nurturing school.”
- “Children in the early years, along with any new pupils across the school, are given a warm welcome.”
- “They settle into school life quickly.”
To improve
- “Following the full return to school after the COVID-19 pandemic, the attendance rates of some pupils declined.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 June 2024 (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) | 82% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 44 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 Edmund's RC Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Walkden Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dukesgate Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Peel Hall Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published