St Charles' RC 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 Charles' RC Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 February 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Charles' 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 | 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, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 48 of the 74 other Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 4 of the 11 earlier Reception years, though not in 2026.
- 20.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford is 28.9%.
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
- Emlyn Street, Moorside Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 9PD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils said that they learn to be the best versions of themselves in this school.”
- “Parents and carers echoed this view.”
- “The school gives pupils a wealth of opportunities to grow in confidence.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, in a few other subjects, work to determine the important information that pupils should acquire is ongoing.”
- “This hinders teachers in emphasising important information.”
- “In these subjects, pupils find it more difficult to connect new learning to their existing knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 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) | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Moorside Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Deans Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mossfield Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wardley CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Broadoak Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published