Boothstown Methodist 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 🔒
Boothstown Methodist 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.
Boothstown 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 | 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, 39% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 17 of the 86 applications (20%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Salford, and 7 offers went to them.
- 18.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.1% 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
- 6 Chapel Street, Boothstown, Worsley, Manchester, M28 1DG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel a real sense of belonging at Boothstown Methodist Primary School.”
- “They describe the school as welcoming and inclusive.”
- “Differences are celebrated and friendships are easy to make.”
To improve
- “Pupils' attainment at key stage 2 is inconsistent.”
- “Over time, pupils' attainment in mathematics is below the national average and disadvantaged pupils underperform in reading.”
- “While leaders provide targeted support for these areas, this does not help pupils to catch up quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 39% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 21 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 Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ellenbrook Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- James Brindley Community Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mesne Lea Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Peel Hall Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published