St Mary's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.069 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's RC Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's 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 | 1.069 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, there were 55 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families (47%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.069 miles away, the 5th longest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.53 miles).
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 expected-standard figure of 71% was the 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford that have results.
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
- Hemming Drive, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0FJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 239 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this nurturing, caring school in the heart of the community.”
- “The school’s mission and values, ‘learning, share friendship and show respect for ourselves and others’, are at the heart of everyone’s work.”
- “Pupils enjoy strong and caring relationships with staff and each other.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 2024 (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) | 71% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Clarendon Road Community Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lewis Street Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monton Green Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beech Street Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published