St Gilbert's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.423 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Gilbert'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 25 March 2025. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Gilbert'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 | 0.423 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.423 miles away, the 8th shortest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- That 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Cambell Road, Winton, Eccles, Manchester, M30 8LZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “St Gilbert’s Catholic Primary School is a supportive and aspirational community.”
- “The school has high ambitions for pupils’ achievement and behaviour.”
- “Pupils respond well to these high expectations.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils’ knowledge of some aspects of their learning is not quite as secure.”
- “Pupils have had fewer opportunities to revisit and strengthen their learning in these subjects.”
- “In some subjects, however, the checks the school makes on how well the curriculum is delivered are not precise enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 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) | 68% | 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: 31 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.
- Beech Street Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westwood Park Community Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barton Moss Community Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lewis Street Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monton Green Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published