St John's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
St John's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St John's CofE 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 48 of the 74 other Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 1 of the 11 earlier Reception years places ran out, with a last distance published.
- For Reception in 2026, 36 first-choice applications for 36 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 20th highest of 73 Salford primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Daisy Bank Avenue, Swinton, Manchester, M27 5FU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 360 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of this caring and welcoming school.”
- “They realise the school’s vision each day, which is to ‘belong, believe, achieve’.”
- “Pupils described school like being part of a family.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, from time to time, there are inconsistencies in how some staff deliver the curriculum.”
- “This means that some pupils do not develop the depth of understanding that they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 64% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 36 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 Luke's RC Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grosvenor Road Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Summerville Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Light Oaks Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Light Oaks Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
- St Augustine's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published