St Sebastian's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · 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 Sebastian's RC Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 April 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Sebastian'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 | 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, 52% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every applicant was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 8 of the 11 earlier Reception years, places ran out and a last distance was published, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- 55.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 51% across 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
- Douglas Green, Salford, M6 6ET
- 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
- 55.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “They build strong and trusting relationships with staff who get to know pupils and their families well.”
- “Pupils know that there is an adult that they can talk to if they have a worry or a concern.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, teachers do not select activities that help pupils to gain the depth of knowledge that they need before new learning is introduced.”
- “This prevents these pupils from building on their prior knowledge as well as they could.”
- “In 2023, the proportion of pupils who met the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check was low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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) | 52% | 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: 27 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.
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lower Kersal Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Boniface RC Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- River View Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Summerville Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lark Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published