Wardley CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.51 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wardley 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 29 April 2025. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Wardley 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 | 0.51 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
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 89% met the expected standard, the highest of 8 schools, this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest Salford primary schools that have results.
- Reception 2026's last distance was 0.51 miles, the 13th shortest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years, the biggest move between 2023 and 2024, and the 2026 figure of 0.51 miles was nearer the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers, with 30 offers going to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families not offered a place.
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
- Moss Bank Road, Wardley, Swinton, Manchester, M27 9XB
- 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
- 20.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in the warm and supportive climate of this school.”
- “They are keen to learn, and they participate enthusiastically in their lessons.”
- “In the early years, staff skilfully help children to develop attributes such as resilience and perseverance that grow and develop as they move up through the school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects where the curriculum is particularly new, the school does not use effective strategies to check on pupils’ learning.”
- “At times, gaps in pupils’ learning are not accurately identified or addressed.”
- “It is therefore not clear if pupils have securely learned what they should have before they move on to new content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 89% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Mossfield Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Charles' RC Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's RC Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Deans Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorside Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published