St Philip's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · 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 Philip's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Philip'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
- Places ran out in 6 of the 11 earlier Reception years, but every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place; the biggest swing came between 2022 and 2023.
- Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 0.7 per offer, the 3rd lowest of 73 Salford primary schools; 8 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- There are 16.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- St. Philip's C.E. Primary School, Barrow Street, Salford, M3 5LF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being a part of this nurturing school where everyone is valued.”
- “Pupils meet the high expectations that the school sets for their achievement.”
- “They are confident and proud to talk about their learning.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects in key stages 1 and 2, the school continues to refine the key knowledge that pupils must learn.”
- “This means that, in these remaining subjects, teachers are sometimes unclear about what pupils need to know to ensure that they have secure foundations on which to build new learning.”
- “In those subjects that are less well designed, these checks are at an earlier stage of development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 October 2023 (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) | 50% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 22 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.
- The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Friars Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- River View Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lark Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published