St Mary'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 Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Mary'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
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford that have results.
- For Reception 2026, there were 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 4 of the 11 earlier years, with the last distance swinging sharply between some years.
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
- Buckingham Road, Cadishead, Manchester, M44 5HG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “St Mary’s is a caring school community.”
- “Daily life is shaped by the core values of love, equality, hope and forgiveness.”
- “This has a positive influence on how pupils treat one another and how staff support them.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that more precise and effective teaching in some subjects will support pupils to achieve even more highly across the curriculum.”
- “However, teachers do not always make highly effective choices about how best to teach a particular subject to different phases.”
- “Leaders acknowledge there is work to be done to sharpen teaching, particularly in some foundation subjects, in order to help pupils deepen their learning even more.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 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) | 69% | 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, 19 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.
- Cadishead Primary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Irlam Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Irlam Endowed Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph the Worker RC Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moss Valley Primary Academy 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barton Moss Community Primary School 4.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published