St Mary's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.063 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 Good, from the inspection on 18 April 2023. 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 | 1.063 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 1.063 miles away, the 6th longest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- That 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and further than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Milner Street, Swinton, Manchester, M27 4AS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 April 2023
Strengths
- “Everyone in this school community is enormously proud to be a part of St Mary’s.”
- “Warm and trusting relationships are at the heart of the school.”
- “For example, staff and pupils respect each other.”
To improve
- “However, on occasions, some teachers do not check with sufficient precision whether pupils have secure enough foundations on which to build the next steps in their learning.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not build up their knowledge as securely as they could do over time.”
- “While leaders track pupils to identify those who are not keeping up with their reading, some pupils have gaps in their phonics knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 June 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) | 67% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- The Deans Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grosvenor Road Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mossfield Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's RC Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorside Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Charles' RC Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published