St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.567 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Paul's Peel 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 25 February 2025. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Paul's Peel 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 | 0.567 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
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 0.567 miles away, further than in 2015; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 42 first-choice applications for 40 offers; 40 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- 58.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48.6% 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
- Stocksfield Drive, Little Hulton, Worsley, Manchester, M38 9RB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 311 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend their warm and welcoming school.”
- “They say that it is like belonging to a big family, where everyone is celebrated and encouraged to be themselves.”
- “Pupils know that staff care about them.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the activities that teachers select do not always support pupils to learn as effectively as they could.”
- “Some pupils’ knowledge is less secure as a result.”
- “In some subjects, the school’s approaches to assessment are not fully developed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 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) | 63% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 40 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.
- Dukesgate Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wharton Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Peel Hall Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Walkden Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published