St Paul'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 Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Paul'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, 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- For Reception 2026, there were 28 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 37.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.1% across 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
- Heathside Grove, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, M28 3NZ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 355 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “This is a happy, vibrant school, where pupils thrive and feel safe.”
- “Relationships among pupils, and between staff and pupils, reflect a highly positive and respectful culture in which everyone is valued.”
- “Pupils are unfailingly polite and show kind attitudes towards each other.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, staff do not address pupils’ gaps or misconceptions effectively.”
- “When this happens, pupils move on to new learning before they are ready.”
- “This makes it difficult for pupils to build on what they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2025 (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) | 76% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 28 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.
- Christ The King RC Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Mesne Lea Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Walkden Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- James Brindley Community Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published