North Walkden 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 🔒
North Walkden Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (community school). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
North Walkden 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
- 45% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 37.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 5 of the 11 earlier Reception years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 34% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Worsley Road North, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, M28 3QD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “North Walkden Primary School is a caring and happy school community.”
- “Pupils feel valued and welcome by staff who know each child as an individual.”
- “Staff want the best for every pupil and encourage them to live up to the school’s motto, ‘reach for the stars’.”
To improve
- “However, outcomes at the end of Year 6 show that some pupils are not sufficiently well prepared for secondary school.”
- “Attendance is also below the national average.”
- “While many of these pupils make progress from their starting points, some do not achieve or attend school as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 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) | 34% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 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.
- Bridgewater Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Dukesgate Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ The King RC Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published