St Andrew's Methodist Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.686 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Andrew's Methodist Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 21 March 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Andrew's Methodist 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 | 0.686 mi |
| 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
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 0.686 miles away, 9th longest of the 26 Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That Reception distance has swung sharply, most of all from 2017 to 2018, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 11 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, so 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), though 0% 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
- Prescott Street, Off Hilton Lane, Worsley, Manchester, M28 0ZA
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 21 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), respond exceptionally well to the high expectations that the school has of them.”
- “Pupils achieve highly across the curriculum.”
- “Staff inspire and enthuse pupils about learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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) | 77% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Peel Hall Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- North Walkden Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dukesgate Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published