St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
St Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Paul'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
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- For Reception 2026, there were 24 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in all 11 earlier years, with the last distance swinging sharply between some years.
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
- Crompton Street, Walkden, St. Pauls C of E Primary School, Manchester, M28 3HP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their school life.”
- “They know and understand the school’s values of ‘we belong, we learn, we believe, we achieve’.”
- “They learn to respect themselves and others.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not have sufficient knowledge to ensure that pupils understand the subject content in the curriculum.”
- “This hinders pupils’ achievement.”
- “However, some teachers are still finding it difficult to adapt their teaching well enough to enable pupils with SEND to learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 May 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) | 56% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 24 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.
- Christ The King RC Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mesne Lea Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- James Brindley Community Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- North Walkden Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published