Christ The King RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.328 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Christ The King RC Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 14 May 2025. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Christ The King RC 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 | 0.328 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.328 miles away, 4th shortest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.53 miles).
- That 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015; the biggest swing between years came from 2025 to 2026.
- There were 34 first-choice applications for 30 Reception 2026 offers; 28 went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 89% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Holly Avenue, Worsley, Manchester, M28 3DW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 234 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 14 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and carers see Christ the King as a family, where everyone is welcome and treated with respect.”
- “Pupils are eager to attend each day.”
- “They bound into school with enthusiasm and are greeted warmly by staff.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistently applied in pupils’ writing, where some errors go unchecked.”
- “This limits pupils’ ability to showcase their curriculum knowledge through their writing.”
- “However, they lack the oversight and depth of information to sufficiently challenge and fully hold leaders to account.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Paul's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mesne Lea Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- James Brindley Community Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- North Walkden Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published