St George's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · 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 George's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St George'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
- 58.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 51% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 3 of the 11 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 31% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
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
- Concord Place, Salford, M6 6SJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy all that this school has to offer.”
- “They embrace the wealth of cultures that make up their diverse school community.”
- “Pupils follow these school rules well.”
To improve
- “However, children in the early years do not learn equally well across all areas of the curriculum.”
- “Some children are not as well prepared for their next steps as they should be.”
- “In a small number of other subjects, leaders are still devising the most suitable methods to check that pupils know what they expect them to know and do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 May 2023 (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) | 31% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 19 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 Sebastian's RC Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lower Kersal Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Boniface RC Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Summerville Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- River View Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lark Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published